# See the land of the Chaldeans

"Chaldeans" here is another name for Babylonians. AT: "See what happened to the land of the Babylonians" or "See what has happened to Babylonia"

# siege towers

Soldiers built towers or dirt ramps to attack over the walls of a city.

# Howl, you ships of Tarshish

Here "ships" represents the men on the ships. See how you translated this in [Isaiah 23:1](./01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# for your refuge has been destroyed

This can be stated in active form. AT: "for enemies have destroyed your refuge" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/chaldeans]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/assyria]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/siege]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/tarshish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/refuge]]