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# General Information:
The author shifts from describing Jerusalem to describing his own experience.
# My eyes have failed from their tears
This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "I have cried until I cannot cry anymore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
"I have cried until I cannot cry anymore"
# my stomach churns
The word "churn" means to move around violently, normally in a circular rotation. This does not mean the stomach is literally churning, but describes how the author feels. Alternate translation: "my insides ache" or "my stomach hurts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"my insides ache" or "my stomach hurts"
# my inner parts are poured out to the ground
The author speaks of feeling grief in his inner being as if his inner body parts had fallen out of his body onto the ground. Alternate translation: "my entire inner being is in grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"my entire inner being is in grief"
# the daughter of my people
This is a poetic name of Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "my people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
"my people"