Here the word "nations" refers to their armies. AT: "I will gather an army from the nations that is as great and powerful as the waves in the raging sea." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## tower ##
a tall building used to watch for enemies or to hide in
## I will sweep her dust away and make her like a bare rock ##
AT: "I will cause the army to completely destroy the city, and they will leave nothing there so that it will be like a rock with nothing on it."