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# Ashkelon ... Gaza ... Ekron, her hopes

These cities each refer to the people who live in them. AT: "The people of Ashkelon ... the people of Gaza ... the hopes of the people of Ekron" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# will see

"will see Tyre be destroyed"

# Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod

"Foreigners will take over Ashdod and live there"

# I will cut off the pride of the Philistines

Here "cut off" is an idiom that means to stop their pride. AT: "I will make the Philistines to be proud of themselves no longer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth

Here "blood" refers to meat with blood in it, and "abominations" refers to meat offered to idols. The UDB makes this explicit. AT: "I will no longer allow them to eat meat that still has blood in it, and I will forbid them to eat food that they offered to idols" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Ashkelon ... Gaza ... Ekron, her hopes`

			`These cities each refer to the people who live in them. AT: "The people of Ashkelon ... the people of Gaza ... the hopes of the people of Ekron" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# will see`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
			`"will see Tyre be destroyed"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod`

			`"Foreigners will take over Ashdod and live there"`

			`# I will cut off the pride of the Philistines`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "cut off" is an idiom that means to stop their pride. AT: "I will make the Philistines to be proud of themselves no longer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "blood" refers to meat with blood in it, and "abominations" refers to meat offered to idols. The UDB makes this explicit. AT: "I will no longer allow them to eat meat that still has blood in it, and I will forbid them to eat food that they offered to idols" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`