The angel who threw the millstone finishes talking.
# General Information:
The words "you," "your," and "her" refer to Babylon.
# The voices of the bridegroom and the bride will not be heard in you anymore
This can be stated in active form. AT: "No one will ever again hear in Babylon the happy voices of a bridegroom and a bride" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# will not be heard in you anymore
Not being heard here means that they will not be there. AT: "will not be in your city anymore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# your merchants were the princes of the earth
The angel speaks of important and powerful people as if they were princes. AT: "your merchants were like princes of the earth" or "your merchants were the most important men in the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# the nations were deceived by your sorcery
This can be stated in active form. AT: "you deceived the people of the nations with your magic spells" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Blood being found there means that the people there were guilty of killing people. AT: "Babylon is guilty of killing the prophets and believers and all the other people in the world who were killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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