OET interlinear ISA 13:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

עַל־כֵּן֙

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so

The term translated as Therefore indicates that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [This is why]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

שָׁמַ֣יִם אַרְגִּ֔יז וְ⁠תִרְעַ֥שׁ הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ מִ⁠מְּקוֹמָ֑⁠הּ

heavens tremble and,it_will_shake the=earth/land from,place_of,its

Yahweh is speaking of the heavens and the earth as if they were living things that could tremble and shake with fear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will cause the heavens to shake, and the earth will move from its place]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

שָׁמַ֣יִם אַרְגִּ֔יז וְ⁠תִרְעַ֥שׁ הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ מִ⁠מְּקוֹמָ֑⁠הּ

heavens tremble and,it_will_shake the=earth/land from,place_of,its

Yahweh is referring to all of creation by naming two major components, the heavens and the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I will make everything tremble and shake from its place]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

בְּ⁠עֶבְרַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּ⁠בְ⁠י֖וֹם חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽ⁠וֹ

in,the_wrath_of YHWH armies/messengers and,in,the_day_of burning_of his_anger_of,his

Even though Yahweh is the one speaking, he is referring to himself in the third person as Yahweh of Armies and using the pronoun his to speak of himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [at my wrath and in the day of the burning of my nose]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠עֶבְרַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת

in,the_wrath_of YHWH armies/messengers

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wrath, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because Yahweh of Armies is enraged]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽ⁠וֹ

burning_of his_anger_of,his

Yahweh is using the burning of his nose as a common expression of the culture to mean “his fierce anger.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [his fierce anger]