unfoldingWord_en_tn/2ch/34/27.md

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because your heart was tender

Here "heart" represents a person's inner being. Feeling sorry is spoken of as if the heart were tender. Alternate translation: "because you felt sorry" or "because you repented" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

torn your clothes

This is a symbolic action that indicates intense grief or sadness. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)