RobH_en_tn/ezk/16/04.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues to speak about Jerusalem as if the city were an infant. The city represents the people who live there. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# your mother did not cut your navel

Here "navel" refers to the umbilical cord that is attached to the navel. AT: "you mother did not cut your umbilical cord" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# No eye had compassion for you

Here the word "eye" represents the person who sees. AT: "Nobody who saw you had compassion for you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# with loathing for your life

"because your parents hated you"

# you were thrown out into the open field

This can be stated in active form. AT: "your parents threw you out into the open field" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])