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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
Why are the nations in turmoil, and why do the peoples make plots that will fail?
These questions are used to show surprise that the people are doing things that are so wrong and foolish. AT: "The nations are in turmoil and the peoples are making plots that will fail." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
are the nations in turmoil
This probably means that the nations were making a noisy and angry commotion.
the nations
This represents either the leaders or the people of the nations. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
plots that will fail
These are probably plots against God and his people.