Yahweh continues speaking. ## A sound of battle tumult comes from the city, a sound from the temple ## AT: "a loud uproar like the noise of a battle comes from the city and from the temple" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## the sound of Yahweh paying back his enemies ## This refers to the sound of Yahweh punishing those who contaminated their worship with Canaanite practices.