# General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking about the people of Israel.
# Look, it is written
"Take notice and pay attention"
# into their laps
This means God will punish them to the fullest extent. This expression compares Yahweh punishing the people to dumping on their legs as they are sitting. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])