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# I will punish Bel
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Bel was the main god of the Babylonians and represents the whole country and the people that worshiped it.
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# out from his mouth what he swallowed
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Yahweh compares all the sacrifices and offerings to Bel to things he ate.
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# the nations will no longer flow
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"the people of other nations will no longer come in large groups". The many nations that come to Babylon are spoken of as a river that moves along. |