# Behold!
"Look!" or "Listen!" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you!"
# I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves
Here the word "nations" refers to their armies. AT: "I will gather armies from many nations that will beat against you like the waves in the raging sea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])