## Now therefore ##

Isaiah uses these words to emphasize what he is about to say.

## your bonds will be tightened ##

AT: "Yahweh will tighten your bonds" or "Yahweh will punish you even more severely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Yahweh of Hosts ##

See how you translated this in [Isaiah 1:9](../01/09.md).

## a decree of destruction on the earth ##

AT: "that he is going to destroy people throughout the land." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])