He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
- BSB He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.
- NKJV He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.
- NASB He sent His burning anger upon them, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.
- NLT He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.
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Quick answer
God unleashed the fierceness of His anger through agents of judgment. His wrath fell heavily upon Egypt.
Overview
The verse piles up terms, 'wrath, indignation, and trouble,' to convey the intensity of God's anger, dispatched by 'a band of angels of evil' (messengers of judgment). It underscores the seriousness of divine wrath against persistent oppression and sin. Such wrath makes the mercy of the gospel, which delivers from coming judgment, all the more precious.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 22:21–22And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
- Ps 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Exod 15:7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
- Exod 12:13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
- Lam 4:11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
- 2 Sam 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
- Isa 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
- Rom 2:8–9But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- Job 2:6–7And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- Zeph 3:8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- Job 1:12And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
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