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For I will set my jealous anger on you, and they will deal with you in fury
Here Yahweh speaks of causing the armies to attack them because he is angry with them as if his anger where something that he was placing upon them. Alternate translation: Because I am very jealous for you, I will cause them to act furiously towards you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
They will cut off your noses and your ears
This describes the punishment in Babylon for married women who slept with men that are not their husbands. Alternate translation: "They will punish you as an adulteress, by cutting of your noses and your ears" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
your survivors will fall by the sword
The word "fall" is a euphemism for "die." The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill with swords. Alternate translation: "men will kill your survivors with their swords" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
your survivors will be devoured by fire
This speaks of the survivors being burned by fire as if the fire were an animal attacking and eating them. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "your survivors will be burned by fire" or "fire will burn your survivors" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)