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The enemy crumbled like ruins
The enemy is spoken of as if it were a city full of broken down buildings. Alternate translation: "Our enemies were destroyed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
when you overthrew their cities
"when you destroyed their cities"
All remembrance of them has perished
Here "remembrance" is spoken of as if it were a living being that could die. Alternate translation: "All remembrance of them has stopped" or "There is no longer any remembrance of them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
All remembrance of them has perished
The abstract noun "remembrance" can be expressed with the verb "remember." Alternate translation: "No one remembers them at all" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)