Nahum 1:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is fierce in   wrath. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he is furious with his enemies.

Cross References

Zechariah 8:2

The Lord of Armies says this: ‘I am extremely jealous  for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.’

Exodus 20:5

Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,  bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations  of those who hate me,

Exodus 34:14

Because the Lord is jealous  for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god.  He is a jealous God.

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua told the people, ‘You will not be able to worship the Lord, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God;  he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know the one who has said, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,   , and again, The Lord will judge his people.   ,

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord advances like a warrior; he stirs up his zeal like a soldier. He shouts, he roars aloud, he prevails over his enemies.

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,  a jealous God.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue  the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgement,

Romans 12:19

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,   , says the Lord.

Micah 5:15

I will take vengeance in anger and wrath against the nations that have not obeyed me.

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became jealous for his land  and spared his people.

Ezekiel 39:25

‘So this is what the Lord God says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob  and have compassion on the whole house of Israel,  and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Ezekiel 6:12

The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared  will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust my wrath on them.

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the  Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the  Lord’s fury, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk the cup of his fury from the Lord’s hand; you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs – the cup that causes people to stagger.

Job 20:23

When he fills his stomach, God will send his burning anger against him, raining  it down on him while he is eating.

Leviticus 26:28

I will act with furious hostility towards you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins.

Romans 13:4

For it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God’s servant, an avenger  that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

Zechariah 1:14

So the angel who was speaking with me said, ‘Proclaim: The Lord of Armies says: I am extremely jealous  for Jerusalem and Zion.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger for ever because he delights in faithful love.

Ezekiel 38:18

Now on that day, the day when Gog comes against the land of Israel #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #my wrath will flare up.

Ezekiel 36:6

Therefore, prophesy concerning Israel’s land, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I speak in my burning zeal  because you have endured the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will respond with wrath.  I will not show pity or spare them.  Though they call loudly in my hearing,  I will not listen to them.’

Ezekiel 5:13

When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased.  Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has exhausted his wrath, poured out his burning anger; he has ignited a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord,  and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are intense.’

Jeremiah 25:15

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: ‘Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he bear a grudge for ever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ’ This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord will come with fire   – his chariots are like the whirlwind   – to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Deuteronomy 7:10

But he directly pays back  and destroys those who hate him.  He will not hesitate to pay back directly  the one who hates him.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,  and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.

Ezekiel 38:19

I swear in my zeal and fiery wrath:  On that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

Exodus 34:7

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin.  But he will not leave the guilty  unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 25:11

‘Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,  , so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal.

Jeremiah 50:15

Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her defence towers have fallen; her walls are demolished. Since this is the  Lord’s vengeance, take your vengeance on her; as she has done, do the same to her.