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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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# they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up
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Yahweh compares the magicians and sorcerers to straw that burns quickly in a fire. This means that Yahweh will destroy them as easily as fire burns stubble, and so they are powerless to save Babylon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# the hand of the flame
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Here the word "hand" represents strength. AT: "the power of the flame" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by
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Yahweh emphasizes that this is a destructive fire by stating that it is not one that people will use to warm themselves.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]] |