So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy will depart from you. I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Parallel translations
- KJV So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
- BSB So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.
- NKJV So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.
- NASB So I will satisfy My fury against you and My jealousy will leave you, and I will be pacified and no longer be angry.
- NLT “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ezek 5:13“‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
- Ezek 21:17I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”
- Ezek 39:29neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Isa 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- Zech 6:8Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”
- Isa 54:9–10“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
- Isa 1:24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies;
- 2 Sam 21:14They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.
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