# in order to deceive

Zebul is deceiving Gaal and the people of Shechem. Alternate translation: "secretly"

# they are stirring up the city against you

This speaks of the people of the city becoming upset as if they were liquid in a pot moving around. Alternate translation: "they are persuading the people of the city to rebel against you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])