# we sat ... wept ... we thought ... we hung

The writer does not include the readers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])

# On the poplars there

Poplar trees do not grow in Israel. "Poplars" may here stand for all the trees in Babylon. AT: "On the trees in Babylon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])