Repetition Repetition is an omnipresent linguistic phenomenon, often complex in its use and effects. Within a particular text repeating a word, expression, root or even idea can produce strong effects on the reader. This establishes a negative connotation for the word, linking it to punishment and foreign oppression. However, the use in vv. 10 - 11 reminds that their own citadels are guilty and will therefore be punished.
Literary repetition can also be external to the text in question.
When one biblical book quotes or refers to another this can be experienced as external repetition. Intertextuality is another way of refering to these effects. Many kinds of repetition are important to biblical texts. Indeed repetition is fundamental in several ways to biblical poetics and narrative. In this case it is the accumulation of synonymic expressions which creates the effect and in combination with the effect of parallelism also beautifies the text.