For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
Parallel translations
- WEB For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”
- BSB For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
- NKJV For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.”
- NASB For in a very little while My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.”
- NLT In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.”
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Quick answer
God's anger against his people will soon end and be redirected to destroy the oppressor. The discipline is brief; deliverance is sure.
Overview
The 'indignation' against Judah is real but temporary — 'a very little while' — after which God's anger turns to Assyria's ruin. This pattern of measured chastening followed by the enemy's overthrow displays God's fatherly purpose: he corrects his children but does not abandon them. The promise looks ahead to the day all opposition to God's people is finally judged.
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- Dan 11:36And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
- 2 Kgs 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
- Heb 10:37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
- Isa 30:30–33And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Isa 10:33–34Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
- Ps 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- Isa 17:12–14Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isa 14:24–25The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
- Isa 54:7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
- Isa 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isa 37:36–38Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
- Isa 12:1–2And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- Isa 31:4–9For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
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