OET interlinear JER 31:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) Hold your voice back from weeping and your eyes from tears

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH restrain voice_of,your from,weeping and,eyes_of,your from,tear[s] that/for/because/then/when there_is reward for,work_of,your declares_of YHWH and,they_will_return from_[the],land enemy )

The voice and eyes are spoken of as if they were people whom Rachel needed to keep from moving. Alternate translation: “Stop weeping aloud and stop crying tears”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you

(Occurrence 0) Hold your voice … your eyes … your work … your children

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH restrain voice_of,your from,weeping and,eyes_of,your from,tear[s] that/for/because/then/when there_is reward for,work_of,your declares_of YHWH and,they_will_return from_[the],land enemy )

Yahweh is speaking to the Israelites as if he were speaking to Rachel ([Jeremiah 31:15](../31/15.md)), so all instances of “your” and the commands are singular. (See also: figs-apostrophe)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

(Occurrence 0) this is Yahweh’s declaration

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH restrain voice_of,your from,weeping and,eyes_of,your from,tear[s] that/for/because/then/when there_is reward for,work_of,your declares_of YHWH and,they_will_return from_[the],land enemy )

In both instances of this phrase, Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/08.md). Alternate translation: “this is what Yahweh has declared” or “this is what I, Yahweh, have declared”