God's Wrath Against Nineveh

(A)The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
    the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
(B)the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
    and (C)keeps wrath for his enemies.

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

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(A)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (B)a jealous God, (C)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94 O Lord, God of (A)vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, (B)shine forth!

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19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is (A)a holy God. He is (B)a jealous God; (C)he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

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14 (for (A)you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

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30 For we know him who said, (A)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, (B)“The Lord will judge his people.”

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13 (A)The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
    like a man of war (B)he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, (C)he shouts aloud,
    he shows himself mighty against his foes.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:19 Greek give place

14 So (A)the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: (B)I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.

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15 And in anger and wrath (A)I will execute vengeance
    on the nations that did not obey.

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The Lord Had Pity

18 (A)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    (B)and had pity on his people.

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The Lord Will Restore Israel

25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name.

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12 (A)He who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. (B)Thus I will spend my fury upon them.

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(A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
    remove the foreskin of your hearts,
    O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(B)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
    and burn with none to quench it,
    (C)because of the evil of your deeds.”

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20 (A)Your sons have fainted;
    they lie at the head of every street
    like an (B)antelope (C)in a net;
they are full of the wrath of the Lord,
    the rebuke of your God.

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17 (A)Wake yourself, wake yourself,
    stand up, O Jerusalem,
(B)you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
    the bowl, (C)the cup of staggering.

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23 To fill his belly to the full,
    God[a] will send his burning anger against him
    and rain it upon him (A)into his body.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:23 Hebrew he

41 if I (A)sharpen my flashing sword[a]
    and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
    and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and (B)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the (C)long-haired heads of the enemy.’

43 (D)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;[b]
    bow down to him, all gods,[c]
for he (E)avenges the blood of his children[d]
    and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[e]
    and cleanses[f] his people's land.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:41 Hebrew the lightning of my sword
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
  3. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
  4. Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
  5. Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
  6. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or atones for
  7. Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people

34 “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
    (A)sealed up in my treasuries?
35 (B)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[a]
    (C)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for (D)the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay

then (A)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations

for (A)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (B)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

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But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are (A)storing up (B)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

(C)He will render to each one according to his works:

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