OET interlinear YIR (JER) 31:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Is not Ephraim my precious child? Is he not my dear, delightful son?

(Some words not found in UHB: a,son? dear to=me ʼEfrayim if child_of delight that/for/because/then/when from=sufficiency speak,I in/on/over=him/it to_remember I,remember_him again/more on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so yearns parts_of,my_inward to=him/it to_have_compassion I,will_have_compassion_on_him declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh is speaking tenderly, trying to comfort the people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind these questions as statements. Alternate translation: [Ephraim is my precious child. He is my dear, delightful son.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

(Occurrence 0) this is Yahweh’s declaration

(Some words not found in UHB: a,son? dear to=me ʼEfrayim if child_of delight that/for/because/then/when from=sufficiency speak,I in/on/over=him/it to_remember I,remember_him again/more on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so yearns parts_of,my_inward to=him/it to_have_compassion I,will_have_compassion_on_him declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. Alternate translation: [this is what Yahweh has declared] or [this is what I, Yahweh, have declared]