They stumble along just like this motley group of Assyrian soldiers. They stumble over the dead bodies. The last part of the verse predicts the ultimate destruction of the Northern Kingdom. It is a word that describes the calm after the cessation of function. It still allows for violence, but it concentrates on the deathly calm after the fact.
Mother is a reference to country.
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