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OET (OET-LV) bitterly_(weep) it_weeps in_night and_tear[s]_of_its are_on cheek_of_its there_is_not to/for_her/it a_comforter from_all lovers_of_its all_of friends_of_its they_have_dealt_treacherously with_it they_have_become to/for_her/it (into)_enemies.
OET (OET-RV) She weeps excessively in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.
⇔ Despite having many lovers, no one brings her comfort.
⇔ ≈ All her friends betrayed her—they’ve become her enemies instead.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
בָּכ֨וֹ תִבְכֶּ֜ה בַּלַּ֗יְלָה וְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ עַ֣ל לֶֽחֱיָ֔הּ
(Some words not found in UHB: to_weep she/it_wept in,night and,tear[s]_of,its on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in cheek_of,its not to/for=her/it comfort from=all lovers_of,its all/each/any/every friends_of,its dealt_treacherously with,it they_were to/for=her/it (into),enemies )
The author is speaking of the city of Jerusalem as if it were a woman who weeps and has tears on her cheeks. See the note on verse one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The people of Jerusalem weep bitterly in the night, and their tears are on their cheeks]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
כָּל־רֵעֶ֨יהָ֙ בָּ֣גְדוּ בָ֔הּ הָ֥יוּ לָ֖הּ לְאֹיְבִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: to_weep she/it_wept in,night and,tear[s]_of,its on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in cheek_of,its not to/for=her/it comfort from=all lovers_of,its all/each/any/every friends_of,its dealt_treacherously with,it they_were to/for=her/it (into),enemies )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [All her companions have betrayed her; yes, they have become her enemies]
OET (OET-LV) bitterly_(weep) it_weeps in_night and_tear[s]_of_its are_on cheek_of_its there_is_not to/for_her/it a_comforter from_all lovers_of_its all_of friends_of_its they_have_dealt_treacherously with_it they_have_become to/for_her/it (into)_enemies.
OET (OET-RV) She weeps excessively in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.
⇔ Despite having many lovers, no one brings her comfort.
⇔ ≈ All her friends betrayed her—they’ve become her enemies instead.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.