Nahum 1:2

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The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

²The Lord is a jealous^(A) and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance^(B) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.^(C)

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Zechariah 8:2

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²This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I am very jealous^(A) for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”

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Exodus 20:5

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⁵You shall not bow down to them or worship^(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,^(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents^(C) to the third and fourth generation^(D) of those who hate me,

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Psalm 94:1

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Psalm 94

¹The Lord is a God who avenges.^(A)
O God who avenges, shine forth.^(B)

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Joshua 24:19

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

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Exodus 34:14

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¹⁴Do not worship any other god,^(A) for the Lord, whose name^(B) is Jealous, is a jealous God.^(C)

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Hebrews 10:30

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³⁰For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a]^(A) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^[b]^(B)

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Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14

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Isaiah 42:13

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¹³The Lord will march out like a champion,^(A)
like a warrior^(B) he will stir up his zeal;^(C)
with a shout^(D) he will raise the battle cry
and will triumph over his enemies.^(E)

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Deuteronomy 4:24

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²⁴For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,^(A) a jealous God.^(B)

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Romans 12:19

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¹⁹Do not take revenge,^(A) my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a]^(B) says the Lord.

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Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35

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Zechariah 1:14

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¹⁴Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous^(A) for Jerusalem and Zion,

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Micah 5:15

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¹⁵I will take vengeance^(A) in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”

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Joel 2:18

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The Lord’s Answer

¹⁸Then the Lord was jealous^(A) for his land
and took pity^(B) on his people.

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Ezekiel 39:25

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²⁵“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob^[a]^(A) and will have compassion^(B) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.^(C)

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Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

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Ezekiel 6:12

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¹²One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath^(A) on them.^(B)

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Jeremiah 4:4

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⁴Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,^(A)
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath^(B) will flare up and burn like fire^(C)
    because of the evil^(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench^(E) it.

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Isaiah 51:20

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²⁰Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,^(A)
    like antelope caught in a net.^(B)
They are filled with the wrath^(C) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke^(D) of your God.

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Isaiah 51:17

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup^(B) of his wrath,^(C)
you who have drained to its dregs^(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.^(E)

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Job 20:23

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²³When he has filled his belly,^(A)
God will vent his burning anger^(B) against him
and rain down his blows on him.^(C)

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Deuteronomy 32:41-43

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⁴¹when I sharpen my flashing sword^(A)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance^(B) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.^(C)
⁴²I will make my arrows drunk with blood,^(D)
    while my sword devours flesh:^(E)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

⁴³Rejoice,^(F) you nations, with his people,^[a]^[b]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;^(G)
he will take vengeance on his enemies^(H)
and make atonement for his land and people.^(I)

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /

Deuteronomy 32:34-35

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³⁴“Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?^(A)
³⁵It is mine to avenge;^(B) I will repay.^(C)
    In due time their foot will slip;^(D)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.^(E)”

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Leviticus 26:28

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²⁸then in my anger^(A) I will be hostile^(B) toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.^(C)

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2 Peter 2:9

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⁹if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials^(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.^(B)

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Romans 13:4

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⁴For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.^(A)

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Romans 2:5-6

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⁵But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath^(A), when his righteous judgment^(B) will be revealed. ⁶God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^[a]^(C)

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Footnotes

Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

Nahum 1:2 New International Version

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