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# her carved idols ... her land ... Babylon ... her highest fortresses ... to her
The people of Babylon are spoken of as if they were the city itself, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. AT: "their carved idols ... their land ... the Babylonians ... their highest fortresses ... to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# if Babylon went up ... or fortified ... destroyers would come from me
This is a hypothetical situation that Yahweh does not expect to happen. AT: "Babylon will not go up ... or fortify ... destroyers will surely come from me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])