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24 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies
    and pay back my foes!

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He has sent me to tell those who mourn
    that the time of the Lord’s favor has come,[a]
    and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. 61:2 Or to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

16 Powerful kings and mighty nations
    will satisfy your every need,
as though you were a child
    nursing at the breast of a queen.
You will know at last that I, the Lord,
    am your Savior and your Redeemer,
    the Mighty One of Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 60:16 Hebrew of Jacob. See note on 14:1.

26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh.
    They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.
All the world will know that I, the Lord,
    am your Savior and your Redeemer,
    the Mighty One of Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:26 Hebrew of Jacob. See note on 14:1.

Say to those with fearful hearts,
    “Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
    He is coming to save you.”

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63 “Just as the Lord has found great pleasure in causing you to prosper and multiply, the Lord will find pleasure in destroying you. You will be torn from the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day—
    death and mourning and famine.
She will be completely consumed by fire,
    for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”

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13 There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.

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17 I, too, will clap my hands,
    and I will satisfy my fury.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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42 “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.

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13 Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

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29 But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
    like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
    as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord
    to the Rock of Israel.

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25 You ignored my advice
    and rejected the correction I offered.
26 So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
    I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—

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He made a solemn promise to the Lord.
    He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 132:2 Hebrew of Jacob; also in 132:5. See note on 44:4.

43 “Rejoice with him, you heavens,
    and let all of God’s angels worship him.[a]
Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles,
    and let all the angels be strengthened in him.[b]
For he will avenge the blood of his children[c];
    he will take revenge against his enemies.
He will repay those who hate him[d]
    and cleanse his people’s land.”

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Footnotes

  1. 32:43a As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text lacks the first two lines. Compare Heb 1:6.
  2. 32:43b As in Greek version; Hebrew text lacks this sentence. Compare Rom 15:10.
  3. 32:43c As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads his servants.
  4. 32:43d As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text lacks this line.

34 But the one who redeems them is strong.
    His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
He will defend them
    and give them rest again in Israel.
But for the people of Babylon
    there will be no rest!

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For the time has come for me to avenge my people,
    to ransom them from their oppressors.

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