Luke 21:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² The prophets {\cf2\super [334]} wrote many things about the time when God will punish his people. The time I am telling you about is the time when all these things must happen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Common English Bible

²² These are the days of punishment, when everything written will find its fulfillment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.

Luke 21:22 Cross References

Isaiah 34:8

\{Those things will happen\} because the Lord has chosen a time for punishment. The Lord has chosen a year when people must pay for the wrong things they did to Zion. {\cf2\super [318]}

Isaiah 61:2

God sent me to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness. God sent me to announce the time when our God will punish evil people. God sent me to comfort sad people.

Isaiah 63:4

I chose a time to punish people.\par Now the time has come for me\par to save and protect my people.\par

Jeremiah 51:6

Run away from Babylon.\par Run to save your lives!\par Don’t stay and be killed\par because of Babylon’s sins!\par It is time for the Lord to punish\par the people of Babylon\par for the bad things they did.\par Babylon will get the punishment\par that she should have.\par

Hosea 9:7

The prophet says, “Israel, learn these things: The time of punishment has come. The time has come for you to pay \{for the evil things you did\}.” But the people of Israel say, “The prophet is a fool. This man with \{God’s\} Spirit is crazy.” The prophet says, “You will be punished for your bad sins. You will be punished for your hate.”

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 1:22

All this happened to make clear the full meaning of the things the Lord said through the prophet {\cf2\super [14]} :

Romans 2:5

But you people are hard and stubborn. You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will get that punishment on the day when God will show his anger. On that day people will see God’s right judgments.

Deuteronomy 32:34

“{The Lord says,} ‘I am saving that punishment. I have it locked up in my storehouse!

Deuteronomy 32:43

“The whole world should be happy for God’s people! {Why? Because he helps them}— he punishes people who kill his servants. He gives his enemies the punishment they deserve. And he makes his land and people pure. [217] ”

2 Peter 2:9

\{Yes, God did all these things.\} So the Lord \{God\} will always save the people who serve him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people and punish them while waiting for the day of judgment.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word \{of God\} is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. The skies and the earth are being kept to be destroyed by fire. The skies and the earth are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God.