2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# General Information:
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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The speaker speaks as if he were a woman.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# he has driven me into confusion
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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"he has caused me to be unable to think clearly" or "he has crushed me."
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# has made me an empty pot
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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Babylon has taken everything from Israel.
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2020-03-25 21:58:26 +00:00
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# Like a sea monster
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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Here Babylon is compared to a sea monster.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# he has swallowed me
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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Jerusalem compares its destruction to being swallowed.
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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This continues to speak of Babylon as a monster. Here "foods" represents all the good things that were there before.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# he has spit me out
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2024-09-17 20:51:50 +00:00
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"he has vomited me up". Nebuchadnezzar took what he wanted and spit out the rest.
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