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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 funeral song 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/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# a funeral song will be sung
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will sing a funeral song" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# meadows
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"fields where the animals graze"
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# For they are burned
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Because someone has burned the meadows and pastures" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# They will not hear the sound of any cattle
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"Nobody will hear the sound of cattle there"
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# a hideout for jackals
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"a place for jackals to hide." Jackals are fierce wild dogs.
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# places without inhabitants
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"places where no people live"
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# What man is wise enough to understand this?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only a very wise person will understand the things he has said. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "Only people who are very wise can understand these things." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# To whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, and he will declare it?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only the people he has spoken to can declare these things. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can explain these things to others." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# the mouth of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh's speech is represented by his "mouth." AT: "Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# Why has the land perished and been destroyed ... pass through?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that only a wise person could explain why the land has been destroyed. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "Only a wise person could explain why the land has perished and been destroyed ... pass through." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# has the land perished and been destroyed
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This can be stated in active form. Both "perished" and "been ruined" describe the land being ruined. AT: "is the land ruined" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mourn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/understand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/perish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]] |