# to melt their hearts "to fill them with terror" or "to cause them to be terrified" # to multiply their fallen "to kill many people among them" # set the sword for slaughter "placed soldiers armed with swords at their gates, ready to slaughter the people" # their gates The word "their" refers to the people of Jerusalem. # It is made like lightning "My sword is polished and flashes like lightning" # it is grasped for slaughter "released to slaughter the people"