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what was evil in the sight of Yahweh

The sight of Yahweh represents Yahweh's judgment or evaluation. See how you translated this in Judges 2:11. AT: "what was evil in Yahweh's judgment" or "what Yahweh considered to be evil" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

forgot Yahweh their God

Here "forgot" is an idiom that means "they stopped obeying." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

the anger of Yahweh was set on fire

Yahweh becoming very angry is spoken of as if his anger were something that could be set on fire. AT: "Yahweh became very angry" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim

Allowing the people of Israel to be conquered is spoken of as if Yahweh sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim. AT: "allowed Cushan-Rishathaim and his army to defeat them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim

Here "hand" is a metonym that represents power or control. Also, "Cushan-Rishathaim" is a synechdoche that represents himself and his army. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

Cushan-Rishathaim

This is the name of a man. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

Aram Naharaim

This is the name of a country. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

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