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# General Information:
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The speaker speaks as if he were a woman. The woman is a metaphor for the city of Jerusalem, which in turn is a metonym for the people of Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# he has driven me into confusion
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Possible meanings are 1) "he has caused me to be unable to think clearly" or 2) "he has crushed me."
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# has made me an empty pot
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Babylon has taken everything from Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Like a monster
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Here Babylon is compared to a monster. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# he has swallowed me
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Jerusalem compares its destruction to being swallowed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods
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This continues to speak of Babylon as if it were a monster. This states in another way the previous idea that Babylon has taken everything from Israel. Here "foods" represents all the good things that were there before. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# he has spit me out
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Nebuchadnezzar took what he wanted and spit out what he did not want. AT: "he has vomited me up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# The one who lives in Zion
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"She who lives in Zion"
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# The one ... to me and my flesh ... my blood
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All of these phrases refer to a woman.
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# inhabitants of Chaldea
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"people who live in Chaldea"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nebuchadnezzar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/chaldeans]] |