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## See ##
This word says to pay special attention to what Yahweh will say.
## a great nation and many kings ##
This phrase refers to the time when the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC.
## battle formation ##
the way troops are lined up in battle
## daughter of Babylon ##
This phrase refers to the Babylonian people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
## Anguish seizes him like a woman in labor ##
His anguish is compared to the kind of anguish a woman experiences when she is in labor. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## Anguish ##
suffering and grief that would bring one to tears.