# The foreigner who is

This does not mean a specific foreigner but refers to foreigners in general. Alternate translation: "The foreigners who are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])

# rise up above you higher and higher; you yourself will come down lower and lower

This idiom means foreigners will have more power, money, and honor than the Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])