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The writer shifts from describing Jerusalem to describing his own experience.
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## My tears have ended; my eyes are red ##
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AT: "I have cried until I cannot cry anymore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## My liver has been poured out to the ground ##
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AT: "My entire inner being is in grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## because of the crushing of the daughter of my people ##
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"The daughter of my people" is a poetic name of Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. AT: "because my people have been crushed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]], [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## Where is grain and wine? ##
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The phrase "grain and wine" is a common way of saying "food and drink." AT: "Give us something to eat and drink." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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