Ulangan 32:35
Konteks32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back
at the time their foot slips;
for the day of their disaster is near,
and the impending judgment 1 is rushing upon them!”
Ulangan 32:41-43
Konteks32:41 I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,
and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; 2
I will execute vengeance on my foes,
and repay those who hate me! 3
32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword will devour flesh –
the blood of the slaughtered and captured,
the chief 4 of the enemy’s leaders!’”
32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,
for he will avenge his servants’ blood;
he will take vengeance against his enemies,
and make atonement for his land and people.
Mazmur 75:7-8
KonteksHe brings one down and exalts another. 6
75:8 For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full
of foaming wine mixed with spices, 7
and pours it out. 8
Surely all the wicked of the earth
will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” 9
Mazmur 94:1-5
Konteks94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 11
94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!
Pay back the proud!
94:3 O Lord, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked celebrate? 12
94:4 They spew out threats 13 and speak defiantly;
all the evildoers boast. 14
94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress the nation that belongs to you. 15
Zefanya 2:4
Konteks2:4 Indeed, 16 Gaza will be deserted 17
and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. 18
Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, 19
and Ekron will be overthrown. 20
Roma 12:19
Konteks12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, 21 for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 22 says the Lord.
[32:35] 1 tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.
[32:41] 2 tn Heb “judgment.” This is a metonymy, a figure of speech in which the effect (judgment) is employed as an instrument (sword, spear, or the like), the means, by which it is brought about.
[32:41] 3 tn The Hebrew term שָׂנֵא (sane’, “hate”) in this covenant context speaks of those who reject Yahweh’s covenant overtures, that is, who disobey its stipulations (see note on the word “rejecting” in Deut 5:9; also see Deut 7:10; 2 Chr 19:2; Ps 81:15; 139:20-21).
[32:42] 4 tn Or “head” (the same Hebrew word can mean “head” in the sense of “leader, chieftain” or “head” in the sense of body part).
[75:7] 6 tn The imperfects here emphasize the generalizing nature of the statement.
[75:8] 7 tn Heb “for a cup [is] in the hand of the
[75:8] 8 tn Heb “and he pours out from this.”
[75:8] 9 tn Heb “surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.”
[75:8] sn The psalmist pictures God as forcing the wicked to gulp down an intoxicating drink that will leave them stunned and vulnerable. Divine judgment is also depicted this way in Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17-23; and Hab 2:16.
[94:1] 10 sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.
[94:1] 11 tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).
[94:4] 13 tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”
[94:4] 14 tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).
[94:5] 15 tn Or “your inheritance.”
[2:4] 16 tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
[2:4] 17 tn There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name Gaza (עַזָּה, ’azzah) sounds like the word translated “deserted” (עֲזוּבָה, ’azuvah).
[2:4] 18 tn Or “a desolate place.”
[2:4] 19 tn Heb “[As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away.”
[2:4] sn The reference to noon may suggest a sudden, quick defeat (see Jer 6:4; 15:8).
[2:4] 20 tn Heb “uprooted.” There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name “Ekron” (עֶקְרוֹן, ’eqron) sounds like the word translated “uprooted” (תֵּעָקֵר, te’aqer).
[12:19] 21 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.
[12:19] 22 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
