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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus mourns over the people of Jerusalem because they reject every messenger that God sends to them.
-
 # Jerusalem, Jerusalem
 
-Jesus speaks to the people of Jerusalem as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Jesus speaks to the people of Jerusalem as though they were the city itself. 
 
 # those who are sent to you
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "those whom God sends to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+Alternate translation: "those whom God sends to you" 
 
 # your children
 
-Jesus is speaking to Jerusalem as if it is a woman and the people are her children. Alternate translation: "your people" or "your inhabitants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Alternate translation: "your people" or "your inhabitants" 
 
 # just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings
 
-This is a simile that emphasizes Jesus's love for the people and how he wanted to take care of them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
-
-# hen
-
-a female chicken. You can translate with any bird that protects her children under her wing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
-
+This is a simile that emphasizes Jesus's love for the people and how he wanted to take care of them.