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Their priests fell by the sword
Here the word "sword" represents soldiers who fought with swords. The phrase "fell by the sword" is an idiom that means to die in battle. AT: "Their priests died in battle" or "Enemies killed their priests with swords" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
their widows could not weep
Possible meanings are 1) someone forced the widows not to weep or 2) so many priests died that there was no time for proper funerals.
widows
women whose husbands have died
the Lord awakened as one from sleep
The Lord not acting for a period of time is spoken of as if he were asleep, and his beginning to act is spoken of as if he awakened. AT: "the Lord began to act as if he had awakened from sleep" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
like a warrior who shouts because of wine
Possible meanings are 1) like a warrior who had drunk too much wine and has become angry because he was awakened and so wants to fight or 2) like a warrior who drank much wine but is now able to think and fight well because he has slept.