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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
When judgment is complete, God's wrath and jealousy will be satisfied and rest. His anger has a just limit and an end.
Overview
God declares that after executing judgment His fury will subside; He 'will be quiet, and will be no more angry.' This shows that divine wrath is not endless caprice but the measured response of holiness to sin, which, once satisfied, gives way to peace. For believers, this points to the cross, where God's wrath against sin was fully satisfied in Christ.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ezek 5:13And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
- Ezek 21:17I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
- Ezek 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Isa 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Zech 6:8Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
- Isa 54:9–10“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- Isa 1:24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- 2 Sam 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
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