Joel 2:15-20
English Standard Version
15 (A)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
(B)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
(C)Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
(D)gather the children,
even nursing infants.
(E)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
17 (F)Between the (G)vestibule and the (H)altar
(I)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[a]
(J)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
The Lord Had Pity
18 (K)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
(L)and had pity on his people.
19 The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, (M)I am sending to you
grain, wine, and oil,
(N)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
a reproach among the nations.
20 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard[b] into (O)the eastern sea,
and his rear guard[c] into (P)the western sea;
(Q)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.
Psalm 79:10
English Standard Version
10 (A)Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let (B)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
Romans 12:19
English Standard Version
19 Beloved, (A)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
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- Romans 12:19 Greek give place
Micah 7:7-10
English Standard Version
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
(A)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
8 (B)Rejoice not over me, O (C)my enemy;
(D)when I fall, I shall rise;
(E)when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
9 (F)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until (G)he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
(H)He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (I)my enemy will see,
and shame will cover her who (J)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
(K)My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
(L)like the mire of the streets.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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