en_tn/jer/10/19.md

# General Information:

Jeremiah is speaking as if he were the whole tribe of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# Woe to me! Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected

Jeremiah speaks of the peoples' distress as if they were physically wounded by broken bones and infection. AT: "Woe to us! It is as though we have broken bones and an infected wound" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# but I must bear it

Here Jeremiah represents the whole tribe of Israel. AT: "but we must bear it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])