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24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.

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May his children become fatherless,
    and his wife a widow.

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We are orphaned and fatherless.
    Our mothers are widowed.

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There will be more widows
    than the grains of sand on the seashore.
At noontime I will bring a destroyer
    against the mothers of young men.
I will cause anguish and terror
    to come upon them suddenly.

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24 Pour out your fury on them;
    consume them with your burning anger.

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31 It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. He will judge everyone according to what they have done. He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Greek also for the Greek; also in 2:10.

38 Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:38 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.

Who can stand before his fierce anger?
    Who can survive his burning fury?
His rage blazes forth like fire,
    and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

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21 So let their children starve!
    Let them die by the sword!
Let their wives become childless widows.
    Let their old men die in a plague,
    and let their young men be killed in battle!

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11 Who can comprehend the power of your anger?
    Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

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63 Their young men were killed by fire;
    their young women died before singing their wedding songs.
64 Their priests were slaughtered,
    and their widows could not mourn their deaths.

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No wonder you are greatly feared!
    Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?

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23 That would be better than facing God’s judgment.
    For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?

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13 “This is what the wicked will receive from God;
    this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
14 They may have many children,
    but the children will die in war or starve to death.
15 Those who survive will die of a plague,
    and not even their widows will mourn them.

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