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A new poem begins. See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]].
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## Call to mind ##
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AT: "Think about" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Look and see our shame ##
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"Look at the shameful state we are in"
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## Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers ##
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AT: "You have allowed strangers to take possession of our inheritance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## our houses to foreigners ##
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"you have allowed foreigners to take possession of our houses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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## We have become orphans ... our mothers are like widows ##
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The people of Jerusalem have no one to protect them because the men have either died in battle or have gone into exile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## Our water costs silver to drink ##
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"We have to pay silver to our enemies in order to drink our own water"
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## our own wood is sold to us ##
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AT: "our enemies sell us our own wood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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