gCited Rom. 15:10
Leviticus 26:25
25And aI will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, bI will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.Deuteronomy 32:35
35 cVengeance is mine, and recompense, ▼▼Septuagint and I will repay
efor the time when their foot shall slip;
for fthe day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
Deuteronomy 32:43
43 g“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 javenges 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
Isaiah 1:24
24 Therefore the oLord declares,the Lord of hosts,
the pMighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
qand avenge myself on my foes.
Jeremiah 44:22
22 rThe Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and sthe abominations that you committed. tTherefore your land has become ua desolation and a waste and a curse, vwithout inhabitant, as it is this day.Ezekiel 5:13-15
13 w“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that xI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy— ywhen I spend my fury upon them. 14Moreover, I will make you za desolation and aaan object of reproach among abthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15You shall be ▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be
a reproach and a taunt, a warning adand a horror, to aethe nations all around you, afwhen I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and agwith furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— Ezekiel 7:9
9 ahAnd my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. aiThen you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.Nahum 1:2
God’s Wrath Against Nineveh
2 ajThe Lord is a jealous and avenging God;the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
akthe Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and alkeeps wrath for his enemies.
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