en_tn/jer/51/57.md

# her princes and her wise men ... her governors, her officials, and her soldiers

The people of Babylon are spoken of as if they were the city itself, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "their princes and their wise men ... their governors, their officials, and their soldiers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# they will sleep in an unending sleep and never wake up

They will be dead. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 51:39](../51/39.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
PDF Jeremiah 2020-03-25 21:58:26 +00:00			`# her princes and her wise men ... her governors, her officials, and her soldiers`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
PDF Jeremiah 2020-03-25 21:58:26 +00:00			`The people of Babylon are spoken of as if they were the city itself, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "their princes and their wise men ... their governors, their officials, and their soldiers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# they will sleep in an unending sleep and never wake up`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`They will be dead. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 51:39](../51/39.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00