These are Yahweh's words about the people of Judah.

## For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion ##

AT: "People are crying loudly in Jerusalem." (See:  [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## How we are devastated ##

Yahweh tells what the people of Judah will say when the land is destroyed. AT: "We are very upset." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses ##

"Our shame is great, because enemies destroyed our houses and we had to leave the land of Israel"

## that come from his mouth ##

AT: "that Yahweh says." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a funeral song ##

AT: "Then teach other people how to mourn." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])