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# The nations
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/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# They will put their hands on their mouths
They do this to show that they are ashamed of what they have done. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]])
# their ears will be deaf
This is an idiom. Nothing anyone says will have any effect on them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])