## See ##

This word says to pay special attention to what Yahweh will say.

## a great nation and many kings ##

This phrase refers to the time when the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC.

## battle formation ##

the way troops are lined up in battle

## daughter of Babylon ##

This phrase refers to the Babylonian people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## Anguish seizes him like a woman in labor ##

His anguish is compared to the kind of anguish a woman experiences when she is in labor. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## Anguish ##

suffering and grief that would bring one to tears.