en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mic/04/11.md

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Jerusalem will defeat her enemies.

Let her be defiled

This can be translated in active form. AT: "Let us defile her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

let our eyes gloat over Zion

The eye is a synecdoche for the whole person. AT: "let us gloat over Zion" or "let us enjoy watching the invaders destroy Zion" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

for he has gathered them like sheaves for the threshing floor

The farmer puts his sheaves on his threshing floor just before he threshes them. In a similar way, Yahweh will soon destroy the nations. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)