# Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come

The word "Oh" here introduces an exclamation that expresses a hope or prayer. AT: "I hope that the salvation of Israel will come" or "I pray that the salvation of will come" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations]])

# the salvation of Israel would come from Zion

The salvation represents God, the savior, whose temple is in Zion. AT: "the savior of Israel would come from Zion" or "God would come from Zion and save Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# When God brings back his people from the captivity

"When God saves his captive people"

# Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad!

These two phrases have the same meaning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# Jacob

Here "Jacob" refers to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/salvation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/captive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]