Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
- BSB Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
- NKJV Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure:
- NASB Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,
- NLT Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury.
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Quick answer
God will speak to the rebellious nations in righteous anger and strike them with terror. His patience does not mean He overlooks rebellion.
Overview
After the divine laughter comes the divine word of wrath. God's anger here is His settled, holy opposition to sin and rebellion, and it terrifies those who defy Him. This warning anticipates the day when the rejected King returns as Judge, and points sinners to seek refuge in Him before that day (verse 12).
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Cross-references · 13
- Isa 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Rev 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
- Ps 110:5–6The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- Ps 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Ps 78:49–50He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Zech 1:15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Isa 66:6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
- Matt 23:33–36Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- Matt 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Rev 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Luke 19:43–44For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
- Ps 50:16–22But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
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