en_tn/zep/01/12.md

# General Information:

Verses 1:2-18 refer to Yahweh's judgment. Verses 1:4-16 describe Yahweh's judgment on the people of Judah.

# General Information:

In verses 1:8-13, Yahweh is speaking. He alternates between using first person and speaking about himself in the third person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# It will come about at that time

This phrase is used to mark the time when Jerusalem has been destroyed by the enemies.

# I will search Jerusalem with lamps

Yahweh speaks of knowing about all people of Jerusalem as if he had searched for them with lamps. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# settled into their wine

They feel safe from trouble. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# say in their heart, 'Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.'

This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "say in their heart that Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.

# say in their heart

This idiom means they think to themselves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil

Here "good and evil" is a merism that includes everything in between. AT: "Yahweh will not do anything at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

# an abandoned devastation

"destroyed and abandoned"