In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.”
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.”
- KJV For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their 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.”
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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 11:36The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
- 2 Kgs 19:35That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Heb 10:37“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
- Isa 30:30–33Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
- Isa 10:33–34Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
- Ps 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
- Isa 17:12–14Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isa 14:24–25Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
- Isa 54:7“For a small moment I have forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
- Isa 10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
- Isa 37:36–38Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Isa 12:1–2In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
- Isa 31:4–9For Yahweh says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
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