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737 B

He has bent his bow

See how you translated this in Lamentations 2:3.

quiver

bag worn on the back in which to store arrows

kidneys

abdominal organs that feed urine into the bladder. AT: "deep into my body" (UDB) or 2) "into my heart." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

a laughingstock to all my people

Possible meanings are 1) "someone at whom all Israel laughs" or 2) "someone at whom all people on earth laugh." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

He has filled me with bitterness

"It is as though he has forced me to eat bitter herbs" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

wormwood

bitter juice from the leaves and flowers of a plant