# General Information:

These are Yahweh's words about Egypt.

# For I will pour out my fury on Pelusium

Here "pour out my fury" represents punishing the people because of his great anger. Alternate translation: "For I will act in great anger against Pelusium" or "Because I am so angry, I will punish Pelusium severely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Pelusium

Pelusium is the name of a fortress in northern Egypt. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# cut off the multitude of Thebes

Here "cut off" represents killing the people. Alternate translation: "kill the very large number of people in Thebes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Thebes

This was the capital city of southern Egypt. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:14](../03/14.md).