See in Reader
2.0 KiB
General Information:
The author shifts from describing Jerusalem to describing his own experience.
My eyes have failed from their tears
This is an idiom. AT: "I have cried until I cannot cry anymore" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
my stomach churns
The word "churn" means to move around violently, normally in a circular rotation. This does not mean the stomach is literally churning, but describes how the author feels. AT: "my insides ache" or "my stomach hurts" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
my inner parts are poured out to the ground
The author speaks of feeling grief in his inner being as if his inner body parts had fallen out of his body onto the ground. AT: "my entire inner being is in grief" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the daughter of my people
This is a poetic name of Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. AT: "my people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Where is grain and wine?
This rhetorical question is used as a request for something to eat. The children are telling their mother that they are hungry. The phrase "grain and wine" represents food and drink. This question may be written as a statement. AT: "Give us something to eat and drink." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
as they faint like a wounded man
This speaks of the children fainting from hunger and thirst in the same way that a wounded man faints. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
their lives are poured out on the bosom of their mothers
This speaks of the children dying as if their lives were a liquid that was being poured out. AT: "they slowly die in the arms of their mothers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)