## Those who have been killed by the sword ##

AT: "Those whom enemy soldiers have killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## those killed by hunger ##

AT: "those who starve to death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## waste away ##

AT: "those who become thin and weak because they are dying from hunger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## pierced by hunger ##

Hunger is spoken of here as if it were a sword. AT: "whom hunger has killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## The hands of compassionate women ##

AT: "Compassionate women" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## the crushing ##

AT: "the destruction"

## the daughter of my people ##

This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. See how you translated this phrase in [Lamentations 2:11](../02/11.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])