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# General Information:
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Yahweh has just told them he will assign them to four groups to kill them—the sword, dogs, birds, and beasts.
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# For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
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Yahweh uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that no one should mourn for Jerusalem. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "No one should have compassion on you, Jerusalem. No one should mourn for your destruction." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# for you, Jerusalem
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Here "Jerusalem" refers to the people who live there. Alternate translation: "for you people who live in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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