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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues speaking.
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# the most admired of kingdoms
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "the kingdom that people most admire" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Then Babylon ... will be overthrown by God
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Then God will destroy Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride, as he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the splendor of Chaldean pride
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The abstract nouns "splendor" and "pride" can be translated with adjectives. The word "splendor" refers to the beautiful appearance of Babylon. AT: "the beautiful city that the Chaldeans are so proud of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# It will not be inhabited or lived in
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The two verbs mean basically the same thing. This can be stated in active form. AT: "No one will live in it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# from generation to generation
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The phrase "generation to generation" refers to all generations of people who will live in the future. AT: "for ever" or "ever again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# The Arab
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This refers to Arab people in general, not one person. AT: "Arabs" or "Arab people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdom]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/splendor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/chaldeans]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proud]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sodom]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gomorrah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/arabia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shepherd]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]] |