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1023 B
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to speak to Babylon about her downfall as if she were a queen who is humiliated. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
you say in your heart
Here the word "heart" refers to the inner person. AT: "you say to yourself" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Disaster will overcome you
Yahweh speaks of disaster as if it were a person who captures Babylon. AT: "You will experience disaster" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Destruction will fall on you
Yahweh speaks Babylon being destroyed as if destruction were an object that falls upon the city. AT: "You will experience destruction" or "Others will destroy you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Calamity will strike you
Yahweh speaks of Babylon experiencing calamity as if calamity were a person who strikes Babylon. AT: "You will experience calamity" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)