⁸ tn Heb “Its flames are flames of fire.”

³ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “flame” (so ASV).

³ tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”

¹ tn Heb “in the flame from the altar.”

³ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁶ tn Heb “he burned in Jacob like a flaming fire.”

² tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”

¹ sn The imagery of fire and flames suggests unrelenting, destructive judgment.

¹ tn Heb “flames of the bow,” i.e., arrows.

² tn Heb “and their livestock to the flames.” “Flames” here refer to the lightning bolts that accompanied the storm.

³ tn The expression is literally “the flame of his fire,” but the pronominal suffix qualifies the entire bound construction. The two words together intensify the idea of the flame.

⁴ tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.

² tn On the meaning of זִיקוֹת (ziqot, “flaming arrows”), see HALOT 268 s.v. זִיקוֹת.

¹ tn Heb “hand,” here a metaphor for the strength or power of the flames.

¹ tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.

¹ tn Heb “a tongue of fire” (so NASB), referring to a tongue-shaped flame.

⁴ tn Grk “a flame of fire.” The Greek term πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

² tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”

¹ sn In Ugaritic mythology Yam’s messengers appear as flaming fire before the assembly of the gods. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 42.