"the Lord Yahweh used burning fire to punish the people"
# how will Jacob survive? For he is so small
Here "Jacob" represents his descendants the Israelites. See how you translated this in [Amos 7:2](./01.md). AT: "how will the Israelites survive? We are so small and weak!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])