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# General Information:
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Yahweh has just told them no one will care about them and that he will destroy his people since they would not turn from their wicked ways.
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# widows
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women whose husbands have died
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# than the sands of the seashore
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"than the grains of sand on the seashore." This comparison is an exaggeration used to emphasize an uncountable number. Alternate translation: "than you can count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Against the mothers of young men I will send the destroyer at noonday
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This means that Yahweh will send an enemy army to kill young men, which will cause their mothers great sorrow. Alternate translation: "At noonday I will send an enemy army to destroy young men and cause their mothers to weep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# fall on them
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "happen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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