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22 (A)For a fire is kindled in My anger,
And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol,
(B)And it consumes the earth with its produce,
And it sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Then the (A)earth shook and quaked;
And the (B)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Smoke went up [a]out of His nostrils,
And (C)fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:8 Or in His wrath

13 ‘Thus My anger will be spent, and I will cause My wrath against them to be at rest, and I will be [a](A)appeased; then they will know that I, Yahweh, have (B)spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:13 Lit comforted

therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Surely in the fire of My (A)jealousy I have spoken against the (B)rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted (C)gladness and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for plunder.” Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have (D)borne the dishonor of the nations.’

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Aleph

A (A)jealous and avenging God is [a]Yahweh;
Yahweh is (B)avenging and [b]wrathful.
Yahweh is (C)avenging against His adversaries,
And He keeps His anger for His enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:2 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Nahum 1:2 Lit a possessor of wrath