en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jer/09/19.md

These are Yahweh's words about the people of Judah.

For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion

AT: "People are crying loudly in Jerusalem." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

How we are devastated

Yahweh tells what the people of Judah will say when the land is destroyed. AT: "We are very upset." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses

"Our shame is great, because enemies destroyed our houses and we had to leave the land of Israel"

that come from his mouth

AT: "that Yahweh says." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a funeral song

AT: "Then teach other people how to mourn." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)