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# The nations
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The word "nations" is a metonym for the people who live in many nations. Alternate translation: "The people of the nations nearby" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# They will put their hands on their mouths
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They do this to show that they are ashamed of what they have done. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# their ears will be deaf
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This is an idiom. Nothing anyone says will have any effect on them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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