uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. He continues to quote Yahweh’s words.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) For a fire is kindled by my anger … foundations of the mountains

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fire kindled by,anger_of,my and,it_has_burned until shəʼōl depths and=she/it_ate earth/land and,produce_of,its and,it_has_set_ablaze foundations_of mountains )

Yahweh compares his anger to a fire. This emphasizes his power to destroy what makes him angry.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) a fire is kindled by my anger and is burning … it is devouring … it is setting

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fire kindled by,anger_of,my and,it_has_burned until shəʼōl depths and=she/it_ate earth/land and,produce_of,its and,it_has_set_ablaze foundations_of mountains )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [I start a fire because I am angry, and it burns … it is devouring … it is setting] or [when I am angry, I destroy my enemies like a fire, and I destroy everything on earth and in … I devour … I set]

(Occurrence 0) to the lowest Sheol

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fire kindled by,anger_of,my and,it_has_burned until shəʼōl depths and=she/it_ate earth/land and,produce_of,its and,it_has_set_ablaze foundations_of mountains )

Alternate translation: [even to the world of the dead]