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## Her cities ##
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AT: "Babylon's cities"
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## I will punish Bel ##
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Bel was the main god of the Babylonians and represents the whole country and the people that worshiped it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## out from his mouth what he swallowed ##
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Yahweh compares all the sacrifices and offering to Bel to things he ate. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## the nations will no longer flow ##
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Yahweh compares the many nations coming to Babylon to sacrifice to Bel to river that moves along.
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