# he afflicted them "Yahweh punished the Israelites" # gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil "Hand" is metonymy for control, power or authority. Alternate translation: "handed them over to those who robbed them of their property" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) # until he had cast them out of his sight "his sight" is metaphor for attention and caring. Alternate translation: "until he got rid of them all" or "until they were no longer in his presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])