## set large shields, small shields, and helmets against you ##

These defensive items are used to refer to different kinds of soldiers in an army.  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## They will cut off your nose and your ears ##

This describes the punishment in Babylon for married women who have sexual relations with men that are not their husbands. AT: "They will punish you as an adulteress" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])