## Your men will fall by the sword, and your strong men in war ##
"Enemies will kill your husbands and soldiers in battle."
## Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn ##
Alternate translation: "The people of Jerusalem will sit at the city gates and cry and mourn." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
## she will be alone and sit upon the ground ##
Possible meanings are 1) "The city will be like a woman who sits on the ground because all her friends have deserted her" (See: UDB and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]]) or 2) "the people of Jerusalem will sit on the ground with no one to help them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])