## translationWords

* [[en:tw:desolate]]
* [[en:tw:devour]]
* [[en:tw:ruin]]
* [[en:tw:waste]]

## translationNotes

* Yahweh continues speaking to Zion as if it were a person, a widow.
* **Though you were a waste and desolate** - "Though the enemy left you destroyed and empty"
* **bereavement - ** - ** This refers to the time when the Israelites were in exile in Babylon.
* **The children born during the time of your bereavement** - AT: "The children born during the exile" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])