For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
- KJV For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
- BSB For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- NASB For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- NLT For we know the one who said, “I will take revenge. I will pay them back.” He also said, “The Lord will judge his own people.”
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Quick answer
We know that vengeance and judgment belong to God, who will repay and judge his people. God himself will hold all accountable.
Overview
Quoting Deuteronomy 32, the author grounds the warning in God's own character as the righteous judge. 'Vengeance belongs to me' and 'The Lord will judge his people' remind readers that God will deal justly with both the rebellious and his own. This certainty of divine judgment reinforces the call to faithfulness.
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Cross-references · 15
- Deut 32:35–36Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
- Rom 12:19Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Nah 1:2Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
- Ps 50:4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
- Ps 135:14For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants.
- Ps 96:13before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
- Ps 98:9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
- Isa 61:2to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Rom 13:4for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
- Ps 94:1Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
- Ezek 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Ezek 34:17As for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
- Isa 63:4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
- Isa 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
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