¹ tn Heb “mourning.”

⁶ tn Heb “[make] a mourning.”

² tn Or “I will mourn over.”

³ tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

¹ sn As a sign of grief and mourning.

¹ sn As a sign of grief and mourning.

¹ tn Heb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”

¹ tn Heb “house of mourning.” The phrase refers to a funeral where the deceased is mourned.

⁵ tn Heb “He increased in Daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.”

² tn Heb “I will lift up weeping and mourning.”

¹ tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”

³ sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”

⁴ tn Or “to mourn” (referring to the loud wailing or crying typical of public mourning in that culture).

² tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV84 “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

¹ sn The title Daughters of Jerusalem portrays these women mourning as representatives of the nation.

² tn Grk “beating the breasts” (in mourning); see L&N 52.1.

⁴ tn Heb “I will make it like the mourning for an only son.”

¹ sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).

¹ tn Heb “and they will weep concerning you with bitterness of soul, (with) bitter mourning.”

⁴ sn Mourning rites included covering the lower part of the face. See Lev 13:45.