21 Just as they do yet this day to my chosen, so I will do also, and repay into their bosom.” The Lord God says: (WEB) 22 “My right hand won’t spare the sinners, and my sword won’t cease over those who shed innocent blood on the earth. (WEB) 23 A fire has gone out from his wrath and has consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw. (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:21–23
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2 Esdras 16:8–10
8 The Lord God sends the calamities, and who will drive them away? (WEB) 9 A fire will go out from his wrath, and who may quench it? (WEB) 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who wouldn’t tremble? (WEB)
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2 “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all y…
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19 He will take holiness as an invincible shield. (WEB) 20 He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword. The universe will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes. (WEB) 21 Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-draw… (WEB)
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Deuteronomy 32:40–42
40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, 41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My…
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Deuteronomy 32:21–23
21 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. 22 For a fire has been kindled by My ang…
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