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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to speak to Babylon about her downfall as if she were a queen who is humiliated. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# you who love pleasure
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"you luxurious one." This refers to the many luxuries that Babylon enjoyed.
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# sit securely
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This refers to Babylon's false sense of security in thinking that she will never lose her position of wealth and honor. Alternate translation: "who think you are safe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# I will never sit as a widow ... loss of children
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Babylon believing that other nations will never be able to conquer her is spoken of as if she will never become a widow or never have children die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I will never sit as a widow
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"I will never become a widow"
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