# let this ruin be in your hands

Here "hands" represents authority. Alternate translation: "take charge of this ruin" or "rule over this ruin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# this ruin

Possible meanings are 1) many or most of the buildings in the city of Jerusalem were destroyed or 2) the people in Jerusalem have no more prosperity or leadership. Alternate translation: "this city, which is now ruined" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

