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Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)
It will devour you like the locusts
there will be nothing left. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
It
the "fire" and "sword"
Multiply yourselves like locusts, like grasshoppers
"Multiply yourself like locusts! Multiply yourself like grasshoppers!" These words seem to go more with Nahum 3:16 than with 3:15.
Multiply...like locusts
This means they would become a very large city with many people and destroy many lands. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)