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# General Information:
The speaker speaks as if he were a woman. The woman is a metaphor for the city of Jerusalem, which in turn is a metonym for the people of Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# he has driven me into confusion
Possible meanings are 1) "he has caused me to be unable to think clearly" or 2) "he has crushed me."
# has made me an empty pot
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Babylon has taken everything from Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Like a sea monster
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Here Babylon is compared to a sea monster. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# he has swallowed me
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Jerusalem compares its destruction to being swallowed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods
This continues to speak of Babylon as if it were a monster. This states in another way the previous idea that Babylon has taken everything from Israel. Here "foods" represents all the good things that were there before. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# he has spit me out
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Nebuchadnezzar took what he wanted and spit out what he did not want. Alternate translation: "he has vomited me up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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