unfoldingWord_en_tn/jer/15/08.md

# General Information:

Yahweh has just told them no one will care about them and that he will destroy his people since they would not turn from their wicked ways.

# widows

women whose husbands have died

# more than the sands of the seashore

"than the grains of sand on the seashore." This comparison is an exaggeration used to emphasize an uncountable number. Alternate translation: "more than you can count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# Against the mothers of young men I will send the destroyer at noonday

This means that Yahweh will send an enemy army to kill young men, which will cause their mothers great sorrow. Alternate translation: "At noonday I will send an enemy army to destroy young men and cause their mothers to weep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# fall on them

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "happen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])