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23 lines
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## He has drained me dry and has made me into 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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## 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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## like a dragon ##
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This compares Babylon to a dragon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## He filled his stomach with my good food. ##
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This states in another way the previous idea that Babylon has taken everything from Israel. "Food" represents all the good things there before. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## He has rinsed me out. ##
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What Babylon did not like after taking everything he threw away like rinsing out old food out of a cooking pot. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## inhabitants of Chaldea ##
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AT: "People who live in Chaldea."
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