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# Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news
The writer speaks of Zion as if it were a messenger who declares good news from a mountain top. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# Go up on a high mountain
Messengers would often stand on elevated land, such as mountains, so that many people could hear what they proclaimed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# Zion
This refers to the people who live in Zion. Alternate translation: "you people of Zion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# Jerusalem. You who bring good news
The writer speaks of Jerusalem as if it were a messenger who declares good news. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])