diff --git a/lam/03/14.md b/lam/03/14.md index 49401bdd0c..529b8b43bc 100644 --- a/lam/03/14.md +++ b/lam/03/14.md @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@ # a laughingstock to all my people -The word "all" is a generalization, meaning "most." Alternate translation: "a laughingstock to most of my people" or "someone whom all my people mock" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) - -# laughingstock - -someone whom many people mock +"someone whom all my people mock" # their taunting song -Jeremiah speaks of being the person about whom they sing their taunt song as if he were the song itself. Alternate translation: "and I am the one about whom they sing taunting songs" or "and they sing taunting songs about me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"and I am the one about whom they sing mocking songs" or "and they sing songs to make fun of me"