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  • See - This word says to pay special attention to what Yahweh will say.
  • a great nation and many kings - This phrase refers to the time when the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC.
  • battle formation - the way troops are lined up in battle
  • daughter of Babylon - This phrase refers to the Babylonian people. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)
  • Anguish seizes him like a woman in labor - His anguish is compared to the kind of anguish a woman experiences when she is in labor. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
  • Anguish - suffering and grief that would bring one to tears.