Here the word "arose" refers to beginning an action. Yahweh punishing his people in his anger is spoken of as if his wrath were a person who acted against them. AT: "in his wrath, Yahweh began to punish his people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
This idiom means that nobody could do anything to prevent what happened. AT: "there was no way to avoid it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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