2:13a What can I say for you?

Is there anything I could say to you ⌊people of Jerusalem, that would help you⌋ ? ⌊No, there is nothing to say.⌋
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I don’t know what to say to you(pl) .

2:13b To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem?

O Jerusalem, what can I compare your anguish to? (TLB)
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Who has ever seen such sorrow, (New Living Translation (2004)) ⌊as you have,⌋ people of Jerusalem? ⌊No one!⌋

2:13c To what can I liken you,

Is there anyone to whom I can compare you(pl) ⌊people of Jerusalem⌋ ?
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There is no one to whom I could compare you, ⌊people of Jerusalem⌋ .

2:13d that I may console you,

⌊Can I say anything⌋ that would comfort you,
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I don’t know how to comfort you,

2:13e O Virgin Daughter of Zion?

lovely city of Jerusalem? ⌊No, there is nothing I can say.⌋
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my beloved people of Jerusalem!

2:13f For your wound is as deep as the sea.

Your disaster is boundless as the ocean (GNTD)
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You have been wounded so terribly,

2:13g Who can ever heal you?

there is no possible hope. (GNTD)
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that no man can restore you.

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