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Nah. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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γGod is jealousa, and the Lord revengethb; the Lord revengeth, and ζis furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

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or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger.

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Ex. 20:5• ⁵thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:5)

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Psa. 94:1• ¹O *God of vengeances, Jehovah, *God of vengeances, shine forth; (Psa. 94:1)

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that hath fury.

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God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth.

or, The Lord is ajealous God, and a revenger.

Ex. 20:5• ⁵thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:5)

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Ex. 34:14• ¹⁴For thou shalt worship no other *God; for Jehovah--Jealous is his name--is a jealous *God; (Ex. 34:14)

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Deut. 4:24• ²⁴For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous *God. (Deut. 4:24)

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Josh. 24:19• ¹⁹And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous *God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. (Josh. 24:19)

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Isa. 42:13• ¹³Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies. (Isa. 42:13)

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Ezek. 38:18• ¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my fury shall come up in my face; (Ezek. 38:18)

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Ezek. 39:25• ²⁵Therefore, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name: (Ezek. 39:25)

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Joel 2:18• ¹⁸Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people. (Joel 2:18)

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Zech. 1:14• ¹⁴And the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy, (Zech. 1:14)

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Zech. 8:2• ²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury. (Zech. 8:2)

revengeth.

Deut. 32:35,42• ³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
⁴²Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy. (Deut. 32:35,42)

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Psa. 94:1• ¹O *God of vengeances, Jehovah, *God of vengeances, shine forth; (Psa. 94:1)

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Isa. 59:17‑18• ¹⁷And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
¹⁸According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isa. 59:17‑18)

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Rom. 12:19• ¹⁹not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, *I* will recompense, saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)

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Rom. 13:4• ⁴for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil. (Rom. 13:4)

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Heb. 10:30• ³⁰For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Heb. 10:30)

is furious.

Heb. that hath fury.

Lev. 26:28• ²⁸then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins. (Lev. 26:28)

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Job 20:23• ²³It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh. (Job 20:23)

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Isa. 51:17,20• ¹⁷Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment:
²⁰Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God. (Isa. 51:17,20)

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Isa. 59:18• ¹⁸According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isa. 59:18)

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Isa. 63:3‑6• ³I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.
⁴For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.
⁵And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
⁶And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury; and their blood have I brought down to the earth. (Isa. 63:3‑6)

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Isa. 66:15• ¹⁵For behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. (Isa. 66:15)

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Jer. 4:4• ⁴Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings. (Jer. 4:4)

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Jer. 25:15• ¹⁵For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it. (Jer. 25:15)

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Jer. 36:7• ⁷It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and that they will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people. (Jer. 36:7)

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Lam. 4:11• ¹¹Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof. (Lam. 4:11)

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Ezek. 5:13• ¹³And mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will comfort myself; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished my fury upon them. (Ezek. 5:13)

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Ezek. 6:12• ¹²He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is left, and is besieged, shall die by the famine: and I will accomplish my fury upon them. (Ezek. 6:12)

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Ezek. 8:18• ¹⁸And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them. (Ezek. 8:18)

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Ezek. 36:6• ⁶Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the ignominy of the nations; (Ezek. 36:6)

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Mic. 5:15• ¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard of. (Mic. 5:15)

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Zech. 8:2• ²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury. (Zech. 8:2)

reserveth.

Deut. 32:34‑35,41‑43• ³⁴Is not this hidden with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
⁴¹If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
⁴²Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.
⁴³Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people. (Deut. 32:34‑35,41‑43)

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Jer. 3:5• ⁵Will he keep his anger for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art so determined. (Jer. 3:5)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness. (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 2:5‑6• ⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
⁶who shall render to each according to his works: (Rom. 2:5‑6)

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2 Peter 2:9• ⁹the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A jealous and avenging *God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.