en_tn/mat/23/37.md

Jesus says that he is sad because the people of Jerusalem have rejected God.

## Jerusalem, Jerusalem  ##

<b>Jerusalem, Jerusalem <b>- Jesus speaks to the people of Jerusalem as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## your children ##

all of Israel (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## your house is left to you abandoned ##

AT: "God will leave your house, and it will be empty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## your house ##

Possible meanings: 1) the city of Jerusalem (see UDB) or 2) the temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])