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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking about the people of Judah. In verse 12, Jeremiah makes a comment.
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# I will sing a song of mourning ... a dirge will be sung for the meadows
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Yahweh is mourning for the land of Israel as if it were a person who died. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# a dirge will be sung
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I will sing a dirge" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# the meadows
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"the fields of grass that the livestock eats"
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# For they have been made desolate
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Because someone has laid waste the meadows and pastures" or "Because someone has destroyed the meadows and pastures" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# the lowing of the cattle is not heard
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Nobody will hear the sound of cattle there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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