en_tn/mat/23/37.md

translationWords

• en:tw:bless
• en:tw:house
• en:tw:jerusalem
• en:tw:lordgod
• en:tw:name
• en:tw:prophet
• en:tw:stone

translationNotes

• Jesus says that he is sad because the people of Jerusalem have rejected God.
• **Jerusalem, Jerusalem ** - Jesus speaks to the people of Jerusalem as though they were the city itself. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_apostrophe and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• your children - all of Israel (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)
• your house is left to you abandoned - AT: "God will leave your house, and it will be empty" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• your house - Possible meanings: 1) the city of Jerusalem (see UDB) or 2) the temple. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)