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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"