uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

General Information:

Jeremiah is speaking as if he were the whole tribe of Israel.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Woe to me! Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected

(Some words not found in UHB: woe to=me on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in fracture_of,my incurable wound_of,my and,I said truly this sickness_of and,I,will_endure_it )

Jeremiah speaks of the peoples’ distress as if they were physically wounded by broken bones and infection. Alternate translation: “Woe to us! It is as though we have broken bones and an infected wound”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) but I must bear it

(Some words not found in UHB: woe to=me on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in fracture_of,my incurable wound_of,my and,I said truly this sickness_of and,I,will_endure_it )

Here Jeremiah represents the whole tribe of Israel. Alternate translation: “but we must bear it”