## He has drained me dry and has made me into an empty pot ##

Babylon has taken everything from Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## He has swallowed me ##

Jerusalem compares its destruction to being swallowed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## like a dragon ##

This compares Babylon to a dragon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## He filled his stomach with my good food. ##

This states in another way the previous idea that Babylon has taken everything from Israel. "Food" represents all the good things there before. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## He has rinsed me out. ##

What Babylon did not like after taking everything he threw away like rinsing out old food out of a cooking pot. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## inhabitants of Chaldea ##

AT: "People who live in Chaldea."