en_tn/lam/05/17.md

# For this our heart has become sick

The "heart" represents a person's emotions. This speaks of a person being discouraged as if their emotions were sick. AT: "Because of this we are discouraged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# for these things our eyes grow dim

This means that they have a hard time seeing because they are crying. AT: "and we can hardly see because our eyes are full of tears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# for Mount Zion lies desolate

Here "Mount Zion" refers to Jerusalem. The phrase "lies desolate" means that no one lives there.

# jackals

These are fierce wild dogs. See how you translated this in [Lamentations 4:3](../04/03.md).
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# For this our heart has become sick`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The "heart" represents a person's emotions. This speaks of a person being discouraged as if their emotions were sick. AT: "Because of this we are discouraged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for these things our eyes grow dim`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This means that they have a hard time seeing because they are crying. AT: "and we can hardly see because our eyes are full of tears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# for Mount Zion lies desolate`

			`Here "Mount Zion" refers to Jerusalem. The phrase "lies desolate" means that no one lives there.`

			`# jackals`

			`These are fierce wild dogs. See how you translated this in [Lamentations 4:3](../04/03.md).`