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# General Information:
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In these verses, the word "her" refers to the city of Babylon.
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# because of the fear of her torment
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This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns "fear" and "torment." AT: "because they will be afraid of God tormenting them they way he torments her" or "because they will be afraid of suffering the way she is suffering" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# weeping and mourning loudly
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This is what the merchants will be doing. AT: "and they will weep and mourn loudly"
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# the great city that was dressed in fine linen
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Throughout this chapter, Babylon is spoken of as if it were a woman. The merchants speak of Babylon as being dressed in fine linen because its people were dressed in fine linen. AT: "the great city, which was like a woman dressed in fine linen" or "the great city, whose women were dressed in fine linen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# that was dressed in fine linen
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that wore fine linen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# was adorned with gold
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "adorned herself with gold" or "adorned themselves with gold" or "wore gold" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# precious jewels
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"valuable gems" or "treasured gems"
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# pearls
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beautiful and valuable white beads. They are formed inside the shell of a certain kind of small animal that lives in the ocean. See how you translated this in [Revelation 17:4](../17/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# whose living is made from the sea
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The phrase "from the sea" refers to what they do on the sea. AT: "who travel on the sea to make their living" or "who sail on the sea to different places in order to trade things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/woe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/waste]] |