OET interlinear JER 48:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Moab will be devastated and its cities attacked

(Some words not found in UHB: destroyed Mōʼāⱱ and,cities_of,its come_up and,the_choicest_of its_young_men_of,his gone_down to,slaughter declares_of the=king YHWH armies/messengers his/its=name )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The enemy army will devastate Moab and attack its cities”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) its finest young men have gone down to the place of slaughter

(Some words not found in UHB: destroyed Mōʼāⱱ and,cities_of,its come_up and,the_choicest_of its_young_men_of,his gone_down to,slaughter declares_of the=king YHWH armies/messengers his/its=name )

The best men of Moab going to battle and being killed is spoken of as if they were animals taken to a place to be slaughtered. Alternate translation: “their fine young men will all be slaughtered” or “the enemy army will kill all of the finest men of Moab”