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## her people ##
The word "her" refers to Jerusalem who is described as if she were a woman. AT: "her inhabitants" or "the people of the city" (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
## treasures ##
"wealth"
## to restore their life ##
AT: "to save their life" or "to restore their stength"
## Look, Yahweh, and consider me ##
Here Jerusalem begins to speak directly to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
## Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? ##
This is an accusation of the people who walk past Jerusalem and do not care for it. It has the form of a rhetorical question to sharply rebuke them. AT: "All you who pass by should care more for my affliction!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## Is it nothing to you ##
Here Jerusalem continues to speak, but now to people who pass by. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
## Look and see ##
These words mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
## the sorrow that is being inflicted on me ##
AT: "the sorrow that Yahweh is inflicting upon me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## on the day of his fierce anger ##
AT: "when he was fiercely angry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])