IfI sharpenMy flashingsword,And My handtakesholdon justice,I will rendervengeanceon My adversaries,And I will repaythose who hateMe.
To executeon them the judgmentwritten;Thisis an honorfor allHis godlyones.Praisethe LORD!
O lovethe LORD,allyou His godlyones!The LORDpreservesthe faithfulAnd fullyrecompensesthe prouddoer.
Ifa man does not repent,He will sharpenHis sword;He has bentHis bowand madeit ready.
He has also preparedfor Himself deadlyweapons;He makesHis arrowsfieryshafts.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
Thereforethe LordGODof hosts,The MightyOneof Israel,declares,"Ah,I will be relievedof My adversariesAnd avengeMyself on My foes.
In that daythe LORDwill punishLeviathanthe fleeingserpent,With His fierceand greatand mightysword,EvenLeviathanthe twistedserpent;And He will killthe dragonwho[lives] in the sea.
Accordingto [their] deeds,soHe will repay,Wrathto His adversaries,recompenseto His enemies;To the coastlandsHe will makerecompense.
For the LORDwill executejudgmentby fireAnd by His swordon allflesh,And those slainby the LORDwill be many.
"A voiceof uproarfrom the city,a voicefrom the temple,The voiceof the LORDwho is renderingrecompenseto His enemies.
"Neverthelesshearthe wordof the LORD,allJudahwho are livingin the landof Egypt,'Behold,I have swornby My greatname,'saysthe LORD,nevershall My namebe invokedagainby the mouthof anymanof Judahin allthe landof Egypt,saying,"As the LordGODlives."
"Thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel:'Behold,I am going to punishthe kingof Babylonand his land,justas I punishedthe kingof Assyria.
There is a soundof fugitivesand refugeesfrom the landof Babylon,To declarein Zionthe vengeanceof the LORDour God,Vengeancefor His temple.
"SummonmanyagainstBabylon,Allthose who bendthe bow:Encampagainsther on everyside,Let there be noescape. Repayher according to her work;According to allthat she has done,[so] doto her; For she has becomearrogantagainstthe LORD,Againstthe HolyOneof Israel.
"You shall marka wayfor the swordto cometo Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon,and to Judahinto fortifiedJerusalem.
"I will layMy vengeanceon Edomby the handof My peopleIsrael.Therefore, they will actin Edomaccording to My angerand according to My wrath;thus they will knowMy vengeance,"declaresthe LordGOD.
"I will makemanypeoplesappalledat you, and their kingswill be horriblyafraidof you when I brandishMy swordbeforethem; and they will trembleevery moment,everymanfor his own life,on the dayof your fall."
A jealousand avengingGodis the LORD;The LORDis avengingand wrathful.The LORDtakesvengeanceon His adversaries,And He reserveswrathfor His enemies.
"You also,O Ethiopians,will be slainby My sword."
Then it cameabout when the arksetout that Mosessaid,"Riseup, O LORD!And let Your enemiesbe scattered,And let those who hateYou fleebeforeYou."
As it is writtenin Isaiahthe prophet:"BEHOLD,I SENDMY MESSENGERAHEADOF YOU, WHOWILL PREPAREYOUR WAY;
slanderers,haters of God,insolent,arrogant,boastful,inventorsof evil,disobedientto parents,
becausethe mind seton the fleshis hostiletowardGod;for it does not subjectitself to the lawof God,for it is not evenable[to do so],
Vengeanceis Mine, and retribution,In due timetheir footwill slip;For the dayof their calamityis near,And the impendingthingsare hasteningupon them.'
You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,and on the thirdand the fourth[generations] of those who hateMe,
but repaysthose who hateHim to their faces,to destroythem; He will not delaywith him who hatesHim, He will repayhim to his face.
treacherous,reckless,conceited,lovers of pleasureratherthanlovers of God,
