eCited Rom. 15:10
Deuteronomy 32:41-43
41if I asharpen 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.
42I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and cmy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the dlong-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 e“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 havenges 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
Psalms 137:8-9
8O daughter of Babylon, mdoomed to be destroyed,blessed shall he be who nrepays you
with what you have done to us!
9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and odashes them against the rock!
Isaiah 51:22-23
22Thus says your Lord, the Lord,your God pwho pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand qthe cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
23 rand I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
swho have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and tyou have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”
Jeremiah 50:15
15 uRaise a shout against her all around;she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
vher walls are thrown down.
For wthis is the vengeance of the Lord:
take vengeance on her;
xdo to her as she has done.
Jeremiah 50:29
29 y“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. zEncamp around her; let no one escape. aaRepay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has abproudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.Jeremiah 50:31
31 “Behold, I am against you, O acproud one,declares the Lord God of hosts,
adfor your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
Lamentations 4:22
22 aeThe punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;he will keep you in exile no longer; ▼
▼Or he will not exile you again
but agyour iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish;
he will uncover your sins.
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