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General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to Zion as if it were a woman. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Though you were a waste and desolate
The words "a waste" and "desolate" mean basically the same thing and emphasize that the enemy has destroyed Zion and left it empty. AT: "Though you were completely desolate" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
those who devoured you
The enemy destroying Zion is spoken of as if they had devoured it. AT: "those who destroyed you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)