Fire will go forth from his wrath, and who is there to quench it?: This rhetorical question is similar to the one in 2Esdras 16.4 (see the comments there). An alternative model for this verse is:

• When God’s anger burns like fire, no one can put it out.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.