# give their children over to famine

"cause their children to die from famine"

# give them to the hands of those who use the sword

"cause them to die in battle"

# let their women become bereaved and widows

"let the children and husbands of their women die." This refers to a woman whose children have all died.

# their men be killed

"let people kill their men"

# their young men killed by the sword in battle

"let their young men be killed by the sword in battle"