583 B
583 B
would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you choose not to marry a husband?
These questions can be translated as statements. Alternate translation: "you would not wait until they were grown up. You would marry someone else."
It is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake
The idea of bitterness refers to grief. Alternate translation: "It greatly grieves me that you have no husbands"
the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me
The word "hand" refers to Yahweh's power or influence. Alternate translation: "Yahweh has caused terrible things to happen to me"