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558 B
Markdown
15 lines
558 B
Markdown
## I weep ##
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This is still Jerusalem speaking as if it were a woman, now having the emotion of sadness. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## Zion has spread her arms wide ##
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Zion is like a person that lifts up her arms to ask for help. Here Jerusalem no longer speaks herself, but the author describes Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## those around Jacob ##
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AT: "the people around Jacob" or "the nations surrounding Jacob"
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## should be his adversaries ##
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Here the word "his" refers to Jacob. |