SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 2020 – Page 18

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 3:31

3:31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Because the Lord will not abandon anyone forever.
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The Lord does not turn against people for ever. (Easy English Bible)
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He should remember that the Lord does not reject people forever. (English Easy-to-Read Version)

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 3:63

3:63a see how

Just look! (FBV)
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Just look at my enemies,

3:63b When they sit and when they rise,

Whether they’re sitting down and or standing up, (FBV)
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sitting and standing there! (New International Reader’s Version)

3:63c they mock me in song.

they sing mocking songs about me.
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They sing and make fun of me. (New International Reader’s Version)

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 5:7

5:7a Our fathers sinned and are no more,

Our forefathers sinned but died ⌊before God’s judgment came⌋ .
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Our people of long ago sinned. And they are now dead. (New International Reader’s Version)

5:7b but we bear their punishment.

Now we are suffering ⌊not just⌋ because of ⌊our sins, but because of⌋ their sins ⌊also⌋ .
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Now God punishes us because of their sins. (New International Reader’s Version)

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 1:22

1:22a Let all their wickedness come before You,

Look how evil my enemies are! (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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May you see all the evil things they’ve done! (FBV)

1:22b and deal with them as You have dealt with me

Punish them, as you punished me
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Treat them the same way as you’ve treated me (FBV)
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As you have dealt with me, so deal with them ⌊the same way⌋ .

1:22c because of all my transgressions.

for all my sins.
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for not doing what you/Yahweh told me to do.
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because we did so many bad things.

1:22d For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

I say all of this as I groan in suffering and my heart is weak.”
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Do this because I am groaning again and again. Do this because my heart is sick.” (English Easy-to-Read Version)

Section 2:1-22

Song two: The Lord acted as Jerusalem’s enemy

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 3:10

3:10a He is a bear lying in wait,

He has waited to attack me like a bear
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To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, (NET Bible)

3:10b a lion hiding in ambush.

or a lion hiding in the bushes.
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like a hidden lion stalking its prey. (TLB)

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 3:42

3:42a We have sinned and rebelled;

Letʼs say, “We have sinned. Weʼve refused to obey you. (New International Reader’s Version)
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that we have sinned and made our hearts hard toward him.

3:42b You have not forgiven.

And you havenʼt forgiven us. (New International Reader’s Version)
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He did not forgive us.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 4:8

4:8a But now their appearance is blacker than soot;

But now they are blacker than coal. (New International Reader’s Version)
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But now they are very black ⌊, all color is gone⌋ .

4:8b they are not recognized in the streets.

No one even recognizes them in the streets. (New International Reader’s Version)
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They look no better than everyone else in the streets.

4:8c Their skin has shriveled on their bones;

Their skin is wrinkled on their bones. (New International Reader’s Version)
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Their skin sticks to their bones, (TLB)

4:8d it has become as dry as a stick.

It is is as dry as wood.
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it is dry and hard and withered. (TLB)

SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 5:18

5:18a because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate,

Jerusalem is completely deserted, (Translation for Translators)
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⌊We are so sad because the enemies⌋ destroyed the Temple. The place is in ruins.

5:18b patrolled by foxes.

and jackals/wolves prowl around it. (Translation for Translators)
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Wild animals run around there now.

5:18a-b (combined)

Foxes roam where once the Temple stood, which now lies in ruins.
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For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals. (New Living Translation (2004))

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 2020