See in Reader
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# General Information:
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In this section Jerusalem is portrayed as a woman speaking about herself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# Yahweh is righteous
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This implies that what Yahweh has done, he has done because he is righteous. Alternate translation: "Yahweh has acted out of his righteousness" or "What Yahweh has done is right"
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# see my sorrow
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The word "sorrow" can be expressed as a "sad." Alternate translation: "see how extremely sad I am" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# My virgins and my vigorous men have gone into captivity
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Here all of the people of Jerusalem who were taken into captivity are represented by the "virgins" and the "vigorous men" who were taken. Alternate translation: "Many of my people, including my virgins and vigorous men, have gone into captivity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# vigorous men
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This refers to men at the strongest time of their lives. See how you translated this in [Lamentations 1:15](../01/15.md).
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