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all the nations
The nations is a metonym for the people of those nations. Alternate translation: "the people of all the nations" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
have drunk the wine of her immoral passion
This is a symbol for participating in her sexually immoral passion. Alternate translation: "have become sexually immoral like her" or "have become drunk like her in sexual sin" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)
her immoral passion
Babylon is spoken of as if it were a prostitute who has caused other people to sin along with her. This may well have a double meaning: literal sexual immorality and also the worship of false gods. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
merchants
A merchant is a person who sells things.
from the power of her sensual way of living
"because she spent so much money on sexual immorality"