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# General Information:
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Yahweh speaks to the people of Babylon.
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# How the hammer of all the lands has been cut apart and destroyed
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The army of Babylon is spoken of as if it were a hammer. The destruction of this army is spoken of as if the hammer was to be cut up and destroyed. This can be stated as a simile. AT: "The mighty army of Babylon that conquered all the nations is like a hammer that will be broken into pieces and destroyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# How Babylon has become a destroyed place among the nations
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Babylon was a nation like the other nations, but it will become a complete ruin, totally destroyed.
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# I have set a trap for you and you were taken
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The destruction of Babylon is spoken of as if Yahweh had caught them in a trap like an animal. AT: "I set a trap and caught you in it as a hunter catches an animal" or "You people of Babylon, I have set a trap for you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# you were taken ... You were found and captured
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "I have captured you ... I found you and captured you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]] |