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17 lines
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Jesus says that he is sad because the people of Jerusalem have rejected God.
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## Jerusalem, Jerusalem ##
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Jesus speaks to the people of Jerusalem as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## your children ##
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all of Israel (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## your house is left to you abandoned ##
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AT: "God will leave your house, and it will be empty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## your house ##
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Possible meanings: 1) the city of Jerusalem (see UDB) or 2) the temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |