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Heshbon ... city of Sihon
These are two names that refer to the same city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
Let the city of Sihon be rebuilt and established again
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Let someone rebuild and establish again the city of Sihon" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
rebuilt and established
These two terms are very similar and emphasize that the city will be fully rebuilt. AT: "completely rebuilt" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
A fire blazed from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that destruction will begin at Heshbon. The fire refers to a destroying army. AT: "King Sihon led a strong army from the city of Heshbon" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
devoured Ar of Moab
The army of Sihon is spoken of as if it was an animal that ate up the city of Ar. AT: "destroyed the town of Ar in the land of Moab" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)