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# General Information:
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Yahweh tells the other nations to attack Babylon.
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# Arrange yourselves against Babylon
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Yahweh is speaking to the enemies of Babylon. Alternate translation: "You enemies of Babylon arrange yourselves against her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Arrange yourselves
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"Line up in military formation" or "Form battle lines"
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# Everyone who bends a bow
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This refers to the soldiers who use bows and arrows to fight.
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# shoot at her
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Jeremiah speaks of the people who live in the city of Babylon as if they were the city itself, and he speaks of the city as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "shoot at the people in the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Do not keep back any of your arrows
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This emphasizes that they should shoot all their arrows. Alternate translation: "Shoot every one of your arrows at her"
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# she has sinned
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Jeremiah speaks of the people who live in the city of Babylon as if they were the city itself, and he speaks of the city as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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