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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues telling how to destroy the people of Babylon and Chaldea.
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# the archers ... those who bend their bows
These phrases refer to the same people and are repeated for poetic effect. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
# her ... her ... she
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The words "her" and "she" refer to Babylon.
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# let no one escape
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This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: "capture or kill every person"
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# Do to her by the measure she has used
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The evil things the Babylonians did to Israel are spoken of as if Babylon measured them. Alternate translation: "Measure out punishment for her with the same amount she used to punish Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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