Isa 42:25 | NET2full | STEP | So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war . Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart .

‏ Isaiah 42:25

25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them, ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew third masculine singular pronoun, representing the nation, has been rendered as the third plural throughout this verse.}
along with the devastation ^{▼▼tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”} of war.
Its flames encircled them, ^{▼▼tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.} but they did not realize it; ^{▼▼sn It is not that he did not know about the war, but he did not attribute this to God’s wrath.}
it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart. ^{▼▼tn Heb “but he did not set [it] upon [his] heart.” The Hebrew word “heart” also refers to the mind.}