## See ##

AT: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you”

## I am about to form disaster against you. I am about to devise a plan against you ##

Both of these sentences describe the same thing to emphasize how dangerous this warning is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## form disaster ##

Yahweh refers to disaster as something he forms as a person would form clay. AT: "shape" or "create" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## devise ##

"think of " or "plan" or "create"

## his wicked path ##

AT: "his wicked way of living" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## your ways and your practices ##

The words "ways" and "practices" basically mean the same thing and are used together to emphasize that their whole way of living has to change. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## But they will say ##

The word "they" refers to the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

## This is no use ##

AT: "We have no hope"

## what his evil, stubborn heart desires ##

This person is referred to by the part of his body associated with emotions. AT: "by his wicked desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])