unfoldingWord_en_tn/lam/01/16.md

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## I weep ##
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]])
## Zion has spread her arms wide ##
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]])
## those around Jacob ##
AT: "the people around Jacob" or "the nations surrounding Jacob"
## should be his adversaries ##
Here the word "his" refers to Jacob.