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Connecting Statement:
Another angel comes down from heaven and speaks. This is a different angel than the one in the previous chapter, who spoke about the prostitute and the beast.
General Information:
The pronouns "she" and "her" refer to the city of Babylon, which is spoken of as if it were a prostitute. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great
The angel speaks of Babylon having been destroyed as if it had fallen. See how you translated this in Revelation 14:8. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
detestable bird
"disgusting bird" or "repulsive bird"
all the nations
The nations is a metonym for the people of those nations. AT: "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. AT: "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"
translationWords
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/glory
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/demon
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wine
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fornication
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power