en_tn_condensed/jer/13/20.md

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  • Yahweh is talking to the people of Jerusalem.
  • Lift up your eyes - "understand what will be happening to you" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
  • Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you? - "All the people have been taken away." :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
  • What will you say when God places over you those whom you had taught to be your friends? - AT: "The people you thought were your friends will conquer you and rule over you." (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
  • Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth? - Yahweh is telling them that their capture is just the beginning of the pain they will go through. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)