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## Lest ##
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The word "lest" is used when someone says something in order to prevent something bad from happening. AT: "for fear that"
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## give away your honor to others ##
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Possible meanings are 1) you will lose the respect of other people (UDB) 2) what is honorable about you is lost because of what you gave to the adulteress.
## give away years of your life to a cruel person ##
The cruel person is the adulteress.
## strangers feast upon ... the house of a stranger ##
Possible meanings are 1) strangers will take your possessions (UDB) 2) the children you will have with the adulteress will take your inheritance. AT: "your bastard children enjoy your wealth, and your inheritance claimed by a family that is not your own"
## feast upon ##
AT: "hold a feast because they took" or "enjoy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])