Yeremia 50:14
Konteks50:14 “Take up your battle positions all around Babylon,
all you soldiers who are armed with bows. 1
Shoot 2 all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! 3
For she has sinned against the Lord.
Yeremia 50:28
Konteks50:28 Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon.
They are coming to Zion to declare there
how the Lord our God is getting revenge,
getting revenge for what they have done to his temple. 4
Yeremia 46:10
Konteks46:10 But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. 5
It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. 6
His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied!
It will drink their blood until it is full! 7
For the Lord God who rules over all 8 will offer them up as a sacrifice
in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
Yeremia 51:6
Konteks51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. 9
Flee to save your lives.
Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins.
For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge.
He will pay Babylonia 10 back for what she has done. 11
Yeremia 51:11
Konteks51:11 “Sharpen 12 your arrows!
Fill your quivers! 13
The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in 14 the kings of Media. 15
For he intends to destroy Babylonia.
For that is how the Lord will get his revenge –
how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple. 16
Yeremia 51:36
Konteks51:36 Therefore the Lord says,
“I will stand up for your cause.
I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. 17
I will dry up their sea.
I will make their springs run dry. 18
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 19 is rushing upon them!”
Ulangan 32:41
Konteks32:41 I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,
and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; 20
I will execute vengeance on my foes,
and repay those who hate me! 21
Ulangan 32:43
Konteks32:43 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 94:1
Konteks94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 23
Mazmur 149:7
Konteks149:7 in order to take 24 revenge on the nations,
and punish foreigners.
Yesaya 59:17
Konteks59:17 He wears his desire for justice 25 like body armor, 26
and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. 27
He puts on the garments of vengeance 28
and wears zeal like a robe.
Yesaya 61:2
Konteks61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance, 29
to console all who mourn,
Yesaya 63:4
Konteks63:4 For I looked forward to the day of vengeance,
and then payback time arrived. 30
Nahum 1:2
Konteks1:2 The Lord is a zealous 31 and avenging 32 God;
the Lord is avenging and very angry. 33
The Lord takes vengeance 34 against his foes;
he sustains his rage 35 against his enemies.
Lukas 21:22
Konteks21:22 because these are days of vengeance, 36 to fulfill 37 all that is written.
Roma 3:5
Konteks3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates 38 the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? 39 (I am speaking in human terms.) 40
Roma 12:19
Konteks12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, 41 for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 42 says the Lord.
Roma 12:2
Konteks12:2 Do not be conformed 43 to this present world, 44 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve 45 what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Roma 1:8
Konteks1:8 First of all, 46 I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
[50:14] 1 tn Heb “all you who draw the bow.”
[50:14] 2 tc The verb here should probably be read as a Qal imperative יְרוּ (yÿru) from יָרָה (yarah) with a few Hebrew
[50:14] 3 tn Heb “Shoot at her! Don’t save any arrows!”
[50:28] 4 tn Heb “Hark! Fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the
[50:28] sn This verse appears to be a parenthetical exclamation of the prophet in the midst of his report of what the
[46:10] 5 tn Heb “the Lord Yahweh of armies.” See the study note at 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title for God.
[46:10] 6 sn Most commentators think that this is a reference to the
[46:10] 7 tn Or more paraphrastically, “he will kill them/ until he has exacted full vengeance”; Heb “The sword will eat and be sated; it will drink its fill of their blood.”
[46:10] sn This passage is, of course, highly figurative. The
[46:10] 8 tn Heb “the Lord Yahweh of armies.” See the study note at 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title for God.
[51:6] 9 tn The words “you foreign people” are not in the text and many think the referent is the exiles of Judah. While this is clearly the case in v. 45 the referent seems broader here where the context speaks of every man going to his own country (v. 9).
[51:6] 11 tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”
[51:11] 12 sn The imperatives here and in v. 12 are directed to the soldiers in the armies of the kings from the north (here identified as the kings of Media [see also 50:3, 9; 51:27-28]). They have often been addressed in this prophecy as though they were a present force (see 50:14-16; 50:21 [and the study note there]; 50:26, 29; 51:3) though the passage as a whole is prophetic of the future. This gives some idea of the ideal stance that the prophets adopted when they spoke of the future as though already past (the use of the Hebrew prophetic perfect which has been referred to often in the translator’s notes).
[51:11] 13 tn The meaning of this word is debated. The most thorough discussion of this word including etymology and usage in the OT and Qumran is in HALOT 1409-10 s.v. שֶׁלֶט, where the rendering “quiver” is accepted for all the uses of this word in the OT. For a more readily accessible discussion for English readers see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:422-23. The meaning “quiver” fits better with the verb “fill” than the meaning “shield” which is adopted in BDB 1020 s.v. שֶׁלֶט. “Quiver” is the meaning adopted also in NRSV, REB, NAB, and NJPS.
[51:11] 14 tn Heb “The
[51:11] 15 sn Media was a country in what is now northwestern Iran. At the time this prophecy was probably written they were the dominating force in the northern region, the most likely enemy to Babylon. By the time Babylon fell in 538
[51:11] 16 tn Heb “For it is the vengeance of the
[51:11] sn Verse 11c-f appears to be a parenthetical or editorial comment by Jeremiah to give some background for the attack which is summoned in vv. 11-12.
[51:36] 17 tn Heb “I will avenge your vengeance [= I will take vengeance for you; the phrase involves a verb and a cognate accusative].” The meaning of the phrase has been spelled out in more readily understandable terms.
[51:36] 18 tn Heb “I will dry up her [Babylon’s] sea and make her fountain dry.” “Their” has been substituted for “her” because “Babylonians” has been inserted in the previous clause and is easier to understand than the personification of Babylon = “her.”
[51:36] sn The reference to their sea is not clear. Most interpreters understand it to be a figurative reference to the rivers and canals surrounding Babylon. But some feel it refers to the reservoir that the wife of Nebuchadnezzar, Queen Nictoris, had made.
[32:35] 19 tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.
[32:41] 20 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] 21 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).
[94:1] 22 sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.
[94:1] 23 tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).
[59:17] 25 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”
[59:17] 26 tn Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”
[59:17] 27 tn Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”
[59:17] 28 tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”
[61:2] 29 tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.
[63:4] 30 tn Heb “for the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my revenge came.” The term גְּאוּלַי (gÿ’ulai) is sometimes translated here “my redemption,” for the verbal root גאל often means “deliver, buy back.” A גֹּאֵל (go’el, “kinsman-redeemer”) was responsible for protecting the extended family’s interests, often by redeeming property that had been sold outside the family. However, the responsibilities of a גֹּאֵל extended beyond financial concerns. He was also responsible for avenging the shed blood of a family member (see Num 35:19-27; Deut 19:6-12). In Isa 63:4, where vengeance is a prominent theme (note the previous line), it is probably this function of the family protector that is in view. The Lord pictures himself as a blood avenger who waits for the day of vengeance to arrive and then springs into action.
[1:2] 31 tn Heb “jealous.” The Hebrew term קַנּוֹא (qanno’, “jealous, zealous”) refers to God’s zealous protection of his people and his furious judgment against his enemies. The root קָנָא (qana’) can denote jealous envy (Gen 26:14; 30:1; 37:11; Pss 37:1; 73:3; 106:16; Prov 3:31; 23:17; 24:1, 19; Ezek 31:9), jealous rivalry (Eccl 4:4; 9:6; Isa 11:13), marital jealousy (Num 5:14, 15, 18, 25, 30; Prov 6:34; 27:4), zealous loyalty (Num 11:29; 25:11, 13; 2 Sam 21:2; 1 Kgs 19:10, 14; 2 Kgs 10:16; Ps 69:10; Song 8:6; Isa 9:6; 37:32; 42:13; 59:17; 63:15; Zech 1:14; 8:2), jealous anger (Deut 32:16, 21; Ps 78:58), and zealous fury (Exod 34:14; Deut 5:9; 29:19; 1 Kgs 14:22; Job 5:2; Pss 79:5; 119:139; Prov 14:30; Isa 26:11; Ezek 5:13; 8:3; 16:38, 42; 23:25; 35:11; 36:5, 6; 38:19; Zeph 1:18). See BDB 888 s.v. קָנָא; E. Reuter, TDOT 13:47-58.
[1:2] 32 tn The syntax of this line has been understood in two ways: (1) as a single clause with the
[1:2] 33 tn Or “exceedingly wrathful”; Heb “a lord of wrath.” The idiom “lord of wrath” (וּבַעַל חֵמָה, uva’al khemah) means “wrathful” or “full of wrath” (Prov 22:24; 29:22). The noun “lord” (בַעַל) is used in construct as an idiom to describe a person’s outstanding characteristic or attribute (e.g., Gen 37:19; 1 Sam 28:7; 2 Kgs 1:8; Prov 1:17; 18:9; 22:24; 23:2; 24:8; Eccl 7:12; 8:8; 10:11, 20; Isa 41:15; 50:8; Dan 8:6, 20); see IBHS 149-51 §9.5.3.
[1:2] 34 tn The term נָקַם (naqam, “avenge, vengeance”) is used three times in 1:2 for emphasis. The
[1:2] 35 tn The verb “rage” (נָטַר, natar) is used elsewhere of keeping a vineyard (Song 1:6; 8:11-12) and guarding a secret (Dan 7:28). When used of anger, it does not so much mean “to control anger” or “to be slow to anger” (HALOT 695 s.v.) but “to stay angry” (TWOT 2:576). It describes a person bearing a grudge, seeking revenge, and refusing to forgive (Lev 19:18). It is often used as a synonym of שָׁמַר (shamar, “to maintain wrath, stay angry”) in collocation with לְעוֹלָם (lÿ’olam, “forever, always”) and לָעַד (la’ad, “continually”) to picture God harboring rage against his enemies forever (Jer 3:5, 12; Amos 1:11; Ps 103:9). The long-term rage depicted by נָטַר (“maintain rage”) serves as an appropriate bridge to the following statement in Nahum that the
[21:22] 36 tn Or “of punishment.” This is a time of judgment.
[21:22] 37 tn The passive construction with the infinitive πλησθῆναι (plhsqhnai) has been translated as an active construction for simplicity, in keeping with contemporary English style.
[3:5] 38 tn Or “shows clearly.”
[3:5] 39 tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”
[3:5] 40 sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.
[12:19] 41 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.
[12:19] 42 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
[12:2] 43 tn Although συσχηματίζεσθε (suschmatizesqe) could be either a passive or middle, the passive is more likely since it would otherwise have to be a direct middle (“conform yourselves”) and, as such, would be quite rare for NT Greek. It is very telling that being “conformed” to the present world is viewed as a passive notion, for it may suggest that it happens, in part, subconsciously. At the same time, the passive could well be a “permissive passive,” suggesting that there may be some consciousness of the conformity taking place. Most likely, it is a combination of both.
[12:2] 44 tn Grk “to this age.”
[12:2] 45 sn The verb translated test and approve (δοκιμάζω, dokimazw) carries the sense of “test with a positive outcome,” “test so as to approve.”
[1:8] 46 tn Grk “First.” Paul never mentions a second point, so J. B. Phillips translated “I must begin by telling you….”