Nahum 1:2

Easy To Read Version

The Lord is a jealous God.\par The Lord punishes guilty people.\par The Lord punishes guilty people,\par and the Lord is very angry!\par The Lord punishes his enemies.\par He stays angry at his enemies.\par

Cross References

Job 20:23

When the evil person has eaten all he wants,\par God will throw his burning anger\par against that person.\par God will rain punishment\par down on the evil person.\par

Psalm 94:1

Lord, you are a God that punishes people.\par You are a God who comes\par and brings punishment to people.\par

Exodus 20:5

Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. [125] People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.

Exodus 34:14

Don’t worship any other god. I am YAHWEH KANAH—the jealous Lord. That is my name. I am EL KANAH—the jealous God.

Exodus 34:7

The Lord shows his kindness to thousands {of generations}. The Lord forgives [340] people for the wrong things they do. But the Lord does not forget to punish guilty people. The Lord will punish not only the guilty people, but their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren will suffer for the bad things those people do. [341] ”

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord will go out like a strong soldier.\par He will be like a man ready to fight a war.\par He will become very excited.\par He will cry out and shout loudly,\par and he will defeat his enemies.\par

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up! Wake up!\par Jerusalem, get up!\par The Lord was very angry at you.\par So you were punished.\par \{This punishment was like\} a cup of poison you had to drink.\par And you drank it.\par

Isaiah 51:20

Your people became weak. They fell on the ground and lay there. Those people were lying on every street corner. They were like animals caught in a net. They were punished from the Lord’s anger until they could not accept any more punishment. When God said he would give them more punishment, they became very weak.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire. The Lord’s armies are coming with clouds of dust. The Lord will punish those people with his anger. The Lord will use flames of fire to punish those people while he is angry.

Jeremiah 25:15

The Lord, the God of Israel, said these things to me: “Jeremiah, take this cup of wine from my hand. It is the wine of my anger. I am sending you to different nations. Make all those nations drink from this cup.

Jeremiah 28:8

There were prophets long before you and I became prophets, Hananiah. They preached that war, hunger, and terrible sicknesses would come to many countries and great kingdoms.

Jeremiah 3:5

You also said,\par ‘God will not always be angry at me.\par God’s anger will not continue forever.’\par

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps those people will ask the Lord to help them. Perhaps each person will stop doing bad things. The Lord has announced that he is very angry with those people.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Become the Lord’s people.\par Change your hearts! {\cf2\super [20]} \par Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem,\par if you don’t change,\par then I will become very angry.\par My anger will spread fast like a fire,\par and my anger will burn you up.\par And no person will be able to put out that fire.\par Why will this happen?\par Because of the evil things you have done.”\par

Jeremiah 50:15

Soldiers around Babylon,\par shout the cry of victory!\par Babylon has surrendered!\par Her walls and towers\par have been pulled down!\par The Lord is giving those people\par the punishment they should have.\par You nations should give Babylon\par the punishment she deserves.\par Do to her what she has done\par to other nations.\par

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord used all of his anger.\par He poured out all his anger.\par He made a fire in Zion. {\cf2\super [31]} \par That fire burned down Zion\par to its foundations.\par

Ezekiel 36:6

“So, say these things about the land of Israel. Speak to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys. Tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘I will let my strong feelings and anger speak for me. Why? Because you had to suffer the insults from those nations.’”

Ezekiel 38:18

The Lord my Master said, “At that time, Gog will come to fight against the land of Israel. I will show my anger.

Ezekiel 38:19

In my anger and strong emotions I make this promise: I promise that there will be a strong earthquake in the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 39:25

So the Lord my Master says these things: “Now I will bring the family of Jacob back from captivity. I will have mercy on the whole family of Israel. I will show my strong feelings for my holy name.

Ezekiel 5:13

Only then will I stop being angry at your people. I will know that they have been punished for the bad things they did to me. And they will know that I am the Lord, and that I spoke to them because of my strong love {\cf2\super [45]} for them!”

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became excited about his land.\par He felt sorry for his people.\par

Leviticus 26:28

then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I (the Lord)—will punish you seven times for your sins!

Micah 5:15

Some people will not listen to me.\par But I will show my anger.\par And I will get even with those people.”\par

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you.\par You take away people’s guilt.\par

Zechariah 1:14

Then the angel told me to tell the people these things:

Zechariah 8:2

The Lord All-Powerful says, “I truly love \{Mount\} Zion. I love her so much that I became angry when she was not faithful to me.”

Numbers 25:11

“I have strong feelings for my people—I want them to belong only to me! Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saved the people of Israel from my anger. He did this by showing those feelings for my people. So I will not kill the people like I wanted to.

Romans 12:19

My friends, don’t try to punish people when they do wrong to you. Wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: “I am the One who punishes; I will pay people back,” {\cf2\super [132]} says the Lord.

Romans 13:4

A ruler is God’s servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. The ruler has the power to punish, and he will use that power. He is God’s servant to punish people that do wrong.

Deuteronomy 4:24

Why? Because the Lord your God hates for his people to worship other gods. And the Lord can be like a fire that destroys!

Deuteronomy 7:10

But the Lord punishes people who hate him. He will destroy them. He will not be slow to punish people who hate him.

Hebrews 10:30

We know that God said, “I will punish people \{for the wrong things they do\}; I will repay them.” {\cf2\super [139]} And God also said, “The Lord will judge his people.” {\cf2\super [140]}

Joshua 24:19

Then Joshua said, “{That is not true.} You will not be able to continue serving the Lord. The Lord God is holy. And God hates his people worshiping other gods. God will not forgive you if you turn against him like that.

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.