OET interlinear JER 14:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Let Judah mourn

(Some words not found in UHB: mourns Yehuda and,gates_of,its languish lie_in_gloom to,earth and,the_outcry_of Yerushalayim goes_up )

Here “Judah” represents the people who live there. Alternate translation: “Let the people of Judah mourn”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) let her gates fall apart

(Some words not found in UHB: mourns Yehuda and,gates_of,its languish lie_in_gloom to,earth and,the_outcry_of Yerushalayim goes_up )

Here the word “gates,” which keep enemies out of cities and where people conduct business and government, is a synecdoche for Judah’s cities, and Judah’s cities are a metonym for the people who live in them. Alternate translation: “let her cities fall apart” or “let the people in her cities become unable to defend themselves” (See also: figs-metonymy)

(Occurrence 0) fall apart

(Some words not found in UHB: mourns Yehuda and,gates_of,its languish lie_in_gloom to,earth and,the_outcry_of Yerushalayim goes_up )

Alternate translation: “fall into pieces”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) their cries for Jerusalem are going up

(Some words not found in UHB: mourns Yehuda and,gates_of,its languish lie_in_gloom to,earth and,the_outcry_of Yerushalayim goes_up )

The phrase “going up” is an idiom. Alternate translation: “They are calling out loudly in prayer for Jerusalem”