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# General Information:
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The author shifts from describing Jerusalem to describing his own experience.
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# My eyes have failed from their tears
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This is an idiom. AT: "I have cried until I cannot cry anymore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# my stomach churns
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The word "churn" means to move around violently, normally in a circular rotation. This does not mean the stomach is literally churning, but describes how the author feels. AT: "my insides ache" or "my stomach hurts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# my inner parts are poured out to the ground
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The author speaks of feeling grief in his inner being as if his inner body parts had fallen out of his body onto the ground. AT: "my entire inner being is in grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the daughter of my people
This is a poetic name of Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. AT: "my people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])