Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.
- BSB You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
- NKJV You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
- NASB You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger.
- NLT You held back your fury. You kept back your blazing anger.
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Quick answer
God turned away His wrath and the fierceness of His anger toward His people. His justified anger gave way to mercy.
Overview
Building on the forgiveness of v. 2, this verse describes the removal of God's righteous wrath against sin. It reflects the reality that pardon means the cessation of judgment. Ultimately this turning away of wrath is accomplished at the cross, where Christ bears the divine anger so that believers receive peace.
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- Deut 13:17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
- Ps 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Isa 12:1And 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.
- Jonah 3:9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Isa 6:7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
- Ps 78:38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
- Exod 32:22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
- Exod 32:11–12And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- Isa 54:7–10For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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