en_tn/isa/47/14.md

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to speak to Babylon about her downfall as if she were a queen who is humiliated. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up

Yahweh compares the magicians and sorcerers to straw that burns quickly in a fire. This means that Yahweh will destroy them as easily as fire burns stubble, and so they are powerless to save Babylon. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

the hand of the flame

Here the word "hand" represents strength. Alternate translation: "the power of the flame" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by

Yahweh emphasizes that this is a destructive fire by stating that it is not one that people will use to warm themselves.