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# General Information:
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The city of Zion is spoken of as if it were a woman. In Lamentations, Zion and Jerusalem are names used to refer to the same city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Beauty has left the daughter of Zion
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This speaks of everything beautiful in Zion being destroyed as if "beauty" were a person that left Zion. AT: "Everything that was beautiful about the daughter of Zion is destroyed"
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# daughter of Zion
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This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Her princes have become like deer that cannot find pasture
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This speaks of Zion's princes having nothing to eat like deer that cannot find grass to eat. AT: "Her princes are starving, they are like deer that cannot find grass to eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# deer
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A deer is a medium-sized, grass-eating animal that is often hunted by humans for food. It is also a beautiful animal to look at.
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# they go without strength before
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"they are not strong enough to run away from" or "they are very weak before"
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# their pursuer
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"the person that is pursuing them"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/daughterofzion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prince]] |