# Therefore he "Therefore Yahweh" # he poured out on them the heat of his anger "he showed he people of Israel just how angry he was" # and the violence of war "by devastating them with war" # Its flames encircled them ... it consumed them Isaiah speaks of Yahweh's fierce anger as if it were a fire that burned the people. # they did not take it to heart "they did not pay attention" or "they did not learn from it"