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I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance. I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies.
These three sentences have similar meanings. The first and second one strengthens the thought in the third. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance
The two phrases are metaphors in which Yahweh speaks of his people as if they were his "house" and his "inheritance." AT: "I have abandoned my Israelite people, the people whom I chose to belong to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
into the hands of her enemies
Here the word "hands" represents control. AT: "to be conquered by her enemies" or "over to the control of her enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
of her ... she sets herself ... with her ... hate her
Here Yahweh refers to his people as a female by using feminine pronouns. AT: "of their ... they set themselves ... with their ... hate them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)