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Cut her trees
"Cut down the trees." Yahweh is speaking to the army that will attack Jerusalem.
siegeworks
"siege mounds." These are mounds of dirt that will allow the enemy to attack the walls of Jerusalem.
because it is filled with oppression
"because its people are always oppressing each other"
Just as a well keeps giving water, so this city keeps producing wickedness
A well is supposed to keep producing water. Like a well remains with its water, Jerusalem has remained with its wickedness, even when Yahweh punishes it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony)
Violence and disorder are heard in her
AT: "I hear violence and robbery in her." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
Suffering and plague are continually before me
AT: "I constantly see sickness and suffering." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
Accept discipline, Jerusalem
Yahweh speaks to Jerusalem as though she was a person. AT: "Learn from your punishment, you people of Jerusalem." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe, rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
an uninhabited land
"a land that has no people living in it"