I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”
- KJV I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
- NKJV “I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken.”
- NASB I will also clap My hands, and I will satisfy My wrath; I, the Lord, have spoken.”
- NLT I, too, will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
God Himself will clap His hands and let His wrath rest, declaring with finality that He has spoken. The judgment is His own decisive act.
Overview
The Lord joins the prophet's gesture, signaling that this judgment is fully His doing and will be satisfied. 'I, Yahweh, have spoken it' stamps the word with certainty. Behind Babylon's sword stands the sovereign God whose justice will not be thwarted, a justice ultimately answered for believers at the cross.
Cross-references & the web
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 21:14‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
- Ezek 22:13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
- 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 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.
- Num 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
- Deut 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
- Ezek 16:42So 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.
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