# General Information:

Isaiah continues speaking.

# Therefore he

"Therefore Yahweh"

# he poured out his fierce anger against them

Isaiah speaks of Yahweh's anger as if it were a liquid that could be poured out. AT: "he demonstrated his fierce anger towards them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# against them

"against us." Here "them" refers to the people of Israel, but Isaiah still included himself as part of the people.

# with the devastation of war

The word "devastation" can be translated with a verb. AT: "by devastating them with war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# It blazed around them ... it burned them

Isaiah speaks of Yahweh's fierce anger as if it were a fire that burned the people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# they did not take it to heart

Paying attention to something and learning from it is spoken of as if it were placing that thing on one's heart. AT: "they did not pay attention" or "they did not learn from it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devastated]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]