15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God.(A) Otherwise, the Lord your God will become angry with you and obliterate you from the face of the earth.

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15 for the Lord your God(A), who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.

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Psalm 94

The Just Judge

Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, shine!(A)

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Psalm 94

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

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The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

63 Who is this coming from Edom(A)
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this one who is splendid in his apparel,
striding in his formidable[a] might?
It is I, proclaiming vindication,[b]
powerful to save.
Why are your clothes red,
and your garments like one who treads a winepress?(B)
I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
and ground them underfoot in my fury;
their blood spattered my garments,
and all my clothes were stained.
For I planned the day of vengeance,(C)
and the year of my redemption[c] came.

I looked, but there was no one to help,(D)
and I was amazed that no one assisted;
so my arm accomplished victory for me,
and my wrath assisted me.

I crushed nations in my anger;
I made them drunk with my wrath(E)
and poured out their blood on the ground.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 63:1 Syr, Vg read apparel, striding forward in
  2. 63:1 Or righteousness
  3. 63:4 Or blood retribution

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

63 Who is this coming from Edom,(A)
    from Bozrah,(B) with his garments stained crimson?(C)
Who is this, robed in splendor,
    striding forward in the greatness of his strength?(D)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”(E)

Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?(F)

“I have trodden the winepress(G) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled(H) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;(I)
their blood spattered my garments,(J)
    and I stained all my clothing.
It was for me the day of vengeance;(K)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
I looked, but there was no one(L) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm(M) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.(N)
I trampled(O) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk(P)
    and poured their blood(Q) on the ground.”

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10 That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies,
a day of vengeance to avenge himself
against his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice(A) to the Lord, the God of Armies,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.(B)

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10 But that day(A) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance(B), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(C) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(D)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(E)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(F)

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The Humiliation of Babylon

28 There is a voice of fugitives and refugees
from the land of Babylon.
The voice announces in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for his temple.(A)
29 Summon the archers to Babylon,
all who string the bow;
camp all around her; let none escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;(B)
just as she has done, do the same to her,
for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,
against the Holy One of Israel.(C)

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28 Listen to the fugitives(A) and refugees from Babylon
    declaring in Zion(B)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(C)
    vengeance for his temple.(D)

29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.(E)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.(F)
Repay(G) her for her deeds;(H)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(I) the Lord,
    the Holy One(J) of Israel.

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

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

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18 Their silver and their gold
will be unable to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.(A)
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of his jealousy,(B)
for he will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(A)

In the fire of his jealousy(B)
    the whole earth will be consumed,(C)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.(D)

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