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They will spread their hands ... his hands to swim
This simile emphasizes how badly Yahweh will humiliate the people of Moab. They will spread their hands in dung like a swimmer spreads his hands in water. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)
They will spread their hands in the midst of it
"The people of Moab will push their hands through the dung"
as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim
"as if they were swimming"
will bring down their pride
Yahweh humiliating a proud person is spoken of as if pride were something high and Yahweh would cause it to be low. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
in spite of the skill of their hands
Here "hands" represents the power to do or make something. Alternate translation: "in spite of the great things they have built" or "in spite of the great things they have done" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)