# be crushed This is a metaphor for being discouraged. Alternate translation: "be discouraged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) # the coastlands This refers to the people who live on the islands and in the lands bordering or beyond the Mediterranean Sea. See how you translated this in [Isaiah 41:1](../41/01.md). Alternate translation: "the people who live on the coastlands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])