# General Information:

Yahweh speaks of what will happen as if it had already happened. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pastforfuture]])

# her homes are on fire, the bars of her gates are broken

The city is spoken of as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: "the homes in the city are on fire, the bars of the city gates are broken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])