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eyes are raised up ... their eyelids lifted up
This describes people who think that they are better than other people. Their eyes show that they are proud, and the way they look at others shows that they think they are better than those other people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jawbones are like knives, so they may devour the poor ... and the needy
The people of the generation who speak very harmful things is spoken of as if they were wild animals with teeth and jawbones made of swords and knives, and they eat the poor and needy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
jawbones
the bones of the face where teeth grow