## translationWords

* [[en:tw:children]]
* [[en:tw:face]]
* [[en:tw:head]]
* [[en:tw:heart]]
* [[en:tw:life]]
* [[en:tw:lord]]
* [[en:tw:watch]]
* [[en:tw:zion]]

## translationNotes

* **Their heart shouts** - Possible meanings are 1) "The people of Jerusalem shout from their innermost being" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche]]) or 2) the speaker wants the walls to shout to Yahweh (see UDB).
* **Walls of the daughter of Zion ... of every street** - The writer speaks to the walls of Jerusalem. He wants the people of Jerusalem to do what he is telling the walls to do. (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_apostrophe]])
* **the daughter of Zion** - This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification]])
* **let tears flow down like a river** - "cry many tears" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification]])
* **day and night** - "all of the time" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_merism]])
* **Give yourself no reprieve** - "Do not allow yourself to rest"
* **the outflow of your eyes** - tears
* **from the beginning of the watches** - "many times during the night," that is, every time a watchman comes on duty
* **Lift up your hands** - This was an action often performed while praying.
* **at the head of every street** - AT: "where the streets come together" or "by the roads"