en_tn/isa/51/19.md

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Isaiah continues speaking to the people of Israel.

who will grieve with you...who will console you?

Isaiah uses questions to emphasize that now there is no one to weep with them or comfort them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

desolation and destruction

"your enemies have left your city empty and ruined"

and the famine and the sword

"and many of you have died from hunger and war"

like an antelope in a net

This means their children are completely helpless like an animal in a trap. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

antelope

an animal with horns that runs very fast (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)