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Both the young and the old lie on the dust
It is implied here that this refers to dead people. Alternate translation: "The corpses of both the young and the old lie on the dust" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
Both the young and the old
These phrases refer to people. These two opposites are used to refer to all ages of people. Alternate translation: "Both young people and old people" or "People of all ages" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword
Here the "sword" refers to their enemies. This is a euphemism that means that they were murdered by their enemies. Alternate translation: "My young women and my young men have been murdered by their enemies" or "My enemies have murdered my young women and my young men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
you have slaughtered them
This speaks of Yahweh allowing the poeple to be slaughtered as if he killed them himself. Alternate translation: "you allowed them to be slaughtered" or "you allowed this to happen" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)