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# that man
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This refers to the man who informed Jeremiah's father of Jeremiah's birth.
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# the cities that Yahweh overthrew
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This refers to Sodom and Gomorrah.
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# he did not have compassion
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Here the word "he" refers to Yahweh.
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# Let him hear a cry for help
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Here the word "him" refers to "that man."
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# making my mother to be my tomb
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Jeremiah speaks of his dying while his mother was still pregnant with him as if his mother's womb were his tomb. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a womb that was pregnant forever
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Jeremiah speaks of his pregnant mother never giving birth to the baby in her womb as if she had been pregnant forever. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Why is it that I came out from the womb to see troubles and agony ... shame?
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Jeremiah uses this rhetorical question to complain that there was no good reason for him to be born. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "There was no reason for me to be born only to see troubles and agony ... shame." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# to see troubles and agony
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The words "troubles" and "agony" mean basically the same thing and emphasize the amount and severity of suffering. AT: "to experience so much suffering" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
# my days are filled with shame
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Here the word "days" represents all the days of Jeremiah's life. AT: "my life is filled with shame" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/womb]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tomb]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shame]]