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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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11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(A) is as great as the fear that is your due.(B)

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17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

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17 For the great day(A) of their[a] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his

We Are God’s Ambassadors

11 Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.

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The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord,(A) we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.(B)

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But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.[a] Yes, he’s the one to fear.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Greek Gehenna.

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(A)

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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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Who can withstand(A) his indignation?
    Who can endure(B) his fierce anger?(C)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(D)
    the rocks are shattered(E) before him.

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14 The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
    Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
    “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”

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14 The sinners(A) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(B) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(C)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

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

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It is you alone who are to be feared.(A)
    Who can stand(B) before you when you are angry?(C)

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20 The Lord will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the Lord will erase their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will separate them from all the tribes of Israel, to pour out on them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this Book of Instruction.

22 “Then the generations to come, both your own descendants and the foreigners who come from distant lands, will see the devastation of the land and the diseases the Lord inflicts on it. 23 They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’

24 “And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’

25 “And the answer will be, ‘This happened because the people of the land abandoned the covenant that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before, gods that were not from the Lord. 27 That is why the Lord’s anger has burned against this land, bringing down on it every curse recorded in this book. 28 In great anger and fury the Lord uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!’

29 “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

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20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive(A) them; his wrath and zeal(B) will burn(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot(D) out their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster,(E) according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.(F)

22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it.(G) 23 The whole land will be a burning waste(H) of salt(I) and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,(J) Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger.(K) 24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(L) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

25 And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.(M) 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book.(N) 28 In furious anger and in great wrath(O) the Lord uprooted(P) them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”

29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God,(Q) but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.(R)

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59 then the Lord will overwhelm you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.

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59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.

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28 then I will give full vent to my hostility. I myself will punish you seven times over for your sins.

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28 then 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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24 then I myself will be hostile toward you. I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins.

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24 I myself will be hostile(A) toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.

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21 “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.

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21 “‘If you remain hostile(A) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,(B) as your sins deserve.

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18 “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.

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18 “‘If after all this you will not listen to me,(A) I will punish(B) you for your sins seven times over.(C)

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