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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"