Deu 32:40-43, 2Th 1:6-10, Rev 6:9-11 | ESV | STEP | For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear , As I live forever ,

Deuteronomy 32:40-43

40 For ^aI lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
41 if I ^bsharpen my flashing sword ^{▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword}
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 ^dmy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the ^elong-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 ^f“Rejoice with him, O heavens; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations}
bow down to him, all gods, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods}
for he ⁱavenges the blood of his children ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants}
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him}
and cleanses ^{▼▼Or atones for} his people’s land.” ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people}

2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

6 since indeed God considers it ⁿjust ^oto repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant ^prelief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when ^qthe Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ^rwith his mighty angels 8 ^sin flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ^twho do not know God and on those who ^udo not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of ^veternal destruction, ^waway from ^{▼▼Or destruction that comes from} the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 ^ywhen he comes on ^zthat day ^aato be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our ^abtestimony to you ^acwas believed.

Revelation of John 6:9-11

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^adthe altar ^aethe souls of those who had been slain ^affor the word of God and for ^agthe witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^ahholy and true, ^aihow long ^ajbefore you will judge and ^akavenge our blood on ^althose who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given ^ama white robe and ^antold to rest a little longer, ^aountil the number of their fellow servants ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservants} and their brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} ^arshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.