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520 B
520 B
Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified
The speaker is turning and talking to the heaven as if it were a person. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)
abandoned the springs
AT: "abandoned me, their spring" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
by digging out cisterns for themselves
Idols are compared to broken cisterns. AT: by worshipping useless gods" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
cisterns
"deep hole for storing water."