lie down in shame - ULB Issue 2194

I did not treat this as a euphemism, because God was punishing them.  I don't think he was speaking euphemistically of death.   
Perhaps I should have included the rest of the sentence  "...with those who were pierced by the sword." Maybe the idiom is not  just "lie down" but "lie down with people who have died"
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The word "pierced" here is a metonym for "killed." This can be translated in active form. See how you translated similar words in [Ezekiel 32:25](../32/25.md). Alternate translation: "whom enemies had killed with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# now they lie down there in shame
"Lie down" is an idiom that means "die." Alternate translation: "now they lie dead there in shame" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
# by the sword
This represents being in warfare. Alternate translation: "in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])