# General Information:

This begins Yahweh's reply to Jerusalem's request in verses 34 and 35.

# I am about to plead your case and bring about vengeance

Yahweh defending his people is spoken of as if he were a lawyer pleading their case in court. AT: "I will be like your lawyer to defend you and I will bring about vengeance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# heaps of rubble

buildings that have become piles of rock

# den of jackals

home for wild dogs

# a horror

something that terrifies everyone who looks at it

# hissing

a sound people make to show that they dislike something very much

# there are no inhabitants

"no one lives"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/plead]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/avenge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]