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## daughter of Zion ##
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This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## He has stretched out the measuring line ##
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AT: "He has measured the length of the wall" so he knows exactly how much to destroy (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## has not withheld his hand from destroying ##
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AT: "He has destroyed using all his power" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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## withheld his hand ##
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"kept his hand to himself"
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## he has made the ramparts lament and the walls become feeble ##
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"because he has destroyed the ramparts and walls, they look like people who lament and have lost their strength" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## ramparts ##
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Ancient cities had a main “wall” to keep attackers out, and an outer line of “ramparts” to keep attackers from the wall.
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