50:3 Our God approaches and is not silent; 1
consuming fire goes ahead of him
and all around him a storm rages. 2
1 tn According to GKC 322 §109.e, the jussive (note the negative particle אַל, ’al) is used rhetorically here “to express the conviction that something cannot or should not happen.”
2 tn Heb “fire before him devours, and around him it is very stormy.”