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868 B
868 B
Let Judah mourn
Here "Judah" represents the people who live there. Alternate translation: "Let the people of Judah mourn" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
let her gates fall apart
Here the word "gates," which keep enemies out of cities and where people conduct business and government, is a synecdoche for Judah's cities, and Judah's cities are a metonym for the people who live in them. Alternate translation: "let her cities fall apart" or "let the people in her cities become unable to defend themselves" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
fall apart
"fall into pieces"
their cries for Jerusalem are going up
The phrase "going up" is an idiom. Alternate translation: "They are calling out loudly in prayer for Jerusalem" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)