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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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# more than the sands of the seashore
"than the grains of sand on the seashore." This comparison is an exaggeration used to emphasize an uncountable number. AT: "more than you can count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
# Against the mothers of young men I will send the destroyer at noonday
This means that Yahweh will send an enemy army to kill young men, which will cause their mothers great sorrow. AT: "At noonday I will send an enemy army to destroy young men and cause their mothers to weep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# fall on them
This is an idiom. AT: "happen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# She will be ashamed and embarrassed
The words "ashamed" and "embarrassed" mean basically the same thing and emphasize the intensity of shame. AT: "She will be completely ashamed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
# will waste away
This is an idiom. AT: "will grow faint" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# Her sun will set while it is still day
This speaks of a woman becoming sorrowful because her children have died, as if her life were a day in which the sun had set early and turned to darkness. Here the darkness represents her sorrow. AT: "Because of her sorrow, it will be as though the sun has set and her day has turned to darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies
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Here the "sword" represents the enemy soldiers. This means that Yahweh will allow the enemy solider to kill any of her children that remain. AT: "I will allow the enemy soldiers to kill those of her children that remain alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# this is Yahweh's declaration
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Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:8](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])