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# General Information:
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Yahweh, through the prophet Jeremiah, has just talked about the adultery of the people.
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# This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah
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This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Jeremiah 1:4](../01/04.md). AT: "This is the message that Yahweh gave to Jeremiah" or "This is the message that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Let Judah mourn
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Here "Judah" represents the people who live there. AT: "Let the people of Judah mourn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# let her gates fall apart
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Here the word "gates," which keep enemies out of cities and where people conduct business and government, is a synecdoche for Judah's cities, and Judah's cities are a metonym for the people who live in them. AT: "let her cities fall apart" or "let the people in her cities become unable to defend themselves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# fall apart
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"fall into pieces"
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# their cries for Jerusalem are going up
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The phrase "going up" is an idiom. AT: "They are calling out loudly in prayer for Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Their mighty ones
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"The rich people"
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# ashamed and dishonored
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Both of these words have similar meaning and together emphasize that the servants were ashamed that they were unable to get water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# they cover their heads
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In biblical times, people would wear a headcovering to show that they were ashamed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jeremiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdomofjudah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mourn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mighty]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shame]] |