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# General Information:
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The city of Zion is spoken of as if it were a woman. In Lamentations, Zion and Jerusalem are names used to refer to the same city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# The roads of Zion mourn
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The author speaks of the roads that lead to Zion mourning as if they were human beings. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# the appointed feasts
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"the feasts that God told them to celebrate"
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# All her gates are desolate
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The word "her" refers to Zion. AT: "All of Zion's gates are empty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Her virgins are sorrowful and she herself is in complete distress
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Here the people of Zion being distressed are spoken of as if they were a woman in distress. AT: "Zion's virgins are sorrowful, and its people despairing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Her adversaries have become her master; her enemies prosper
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"Zion's adversaries rule over it; its enemies prosper"
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# Yahweh has afflicted her for her many sins
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This speaks of Yahweh punishing the people of Zion for their sins as if they were a woman that Yahweh was punishing. AT: "Yahweh has afflicted her people because of the sins they have committed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Her little children go into captivity to her adversary
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The word "captivity" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "Her enemy captures her little children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mourn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/feast]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desolate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/virgin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/captive]] |