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 # Because of your desolation
 
-The abstract noun "desolation" can be stated as "desolate." Alternate translation: "Because you, mountains of Israel, have become desolate" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+"Because you, mountains of Israel, have become desolate"
 
 # because of the attacks that came on you from all sides
 
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ The abstract noun "desolation" can be stated as "desolate." Alternate translatio
 
 # you have been the subject of slanderous lips and tongues, and of people's stories
 
-Here, "lips" and "tongues" represent people speaking. Alternate translation: "people are saying bad things about you, and the nations are telling bad stories about you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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+"people are saying bad things about you, and the nations are telling bad stories about you"
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