536 B
536 B
Her cities
AT: "Babylon's cities"
I will punish Bel
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)
out from his mouth what he swallowed
Yahweh compares all the sacrifices and offering to Bel to things he ate. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
the nations will no longer flow
Yahweh compares the many nations coming to Babylon to sacrifice to Bel to river that moves along.