# be victims of famine

"be starved" or "be starving because of lack of food"

# they will not bear the scorn of the nations

Here "nations" represents the people of the nations. The abstract noun "scorn" can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "they will no longer hear the people of the nations insult them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])

