## Thus says the Lord Yahweh ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:5](../05/05.md).

## windstorm...floods of rain...hailstones ##

These are all part of a very bad storm.  God uses a storm to refer to the armies that will attack Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## I will bring a windstorm in my rage ##

"when I act on my anger I will bring a windstorm"

## there will be floods of rain in my wrath ##

"when I act on my anger I will bring large amounts of rain"

## Hailstones in my rage will completely destroy it ##

"When I act on my anger I will bring hailstones to destroy the walls the people are building"

## lay bare ##

"uncover"

## annihilated ##

"brought to your end" or "totally destroyed"

## know that I am Yahweh ##

Possible meanings are 1) “understand who I, Yahweh, am” or 2) “understand that I am Yahweh, the one true God” or 3) “know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do” (See: UDB)