Nahum 1:2

New Century Version

The Lord is a jealous God who punishes; the Lord punishes and is filled with anger. The Lord punishes those who are against him, and he stays angry with his enemies.

Cross References

Job 20:23

When the wicked fill their stomachs, God will send his burning anger against them, and blows of punishment will fall on them like rain.

Psalm 94:1

The Lord is a God who punishes. God, show your greatness and punish!

Exodus 20:5

You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. If you hate me, I will punish your children, and even your grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Exodus 34:14

Don’t worship any other god, because I, the Lord, the Jealous One, am a jealous God.

Exodus 34:7

and is kind to thousands of people. The Lord forgives people for evil, for sin, and for turning against him, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. He will punish not only the guilty people, but also their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, and their great-great-grandchildren.”

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord will march out like a strong soldier; he will be excited like a man ready to fight a war. He will shout out the battle cry and defeat his enemies.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake! Awake! Get up, Jerusalem. The Lord was very angry with you; your punishment was like wine in a cup. The Lord made you drink that wine; you drank the whole cup until you stumbled.

Isaiah 51:20

Your people have become weak. They fall down and lie on every street corner, like animals caught in a net. They have felt the full anger of the Lord and have heard God’s angry shout.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire and his armies with clouds of dust. He will punish those people with his anger; he will punish them with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 25:15

The Lord, the God of Israel, said this to me: “My anger is like the wine in a cup. Take it from my hand and make all the nations, to whom I am sending you, drink all of my anger from this cup.

Jeremiah 28:8

There were prophets long before we became prophets, Hananiah. They prophesied that war, hunger, and terrible diseases would come to many countries and great kingdoms.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will you always be angry at me? Will your anger last forever?’ Judah, you said this, but you did as much evil as you could!”

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps they will ask the Lord to help them. Perhaps each one will stop doing wicked things, because the Lord has announced that he is very angry with them.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 50:15

Soldiers around Babylon, shout the war cry! Babylon has surrendered, her towers have fallen, and her walls have been torn down. The Lord is giving her people the punishment they deserve. You nations should give her what she deserves; do to her what she has done to others.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord turned loose all of his anger; he poured out his strong anger. He set fire to Jerusalem, burning it down to the foundations.

Ezekiel 36:6

So prophesy about the land of Israel and say to the mountains, hills, ravines, and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord God says: I speak in my jealous anger, because you have suffered the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 38:18

This is what will happen: On the day Gog attacks the land of Israel, I will become very angry, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 38:19

With jealousy and great anger I tell you that at that time there will surely be a great earthquake in Israel.

Ezekiel 39:25

“So this is what the Lord God says: Now I will bring the people of Jacob back from captivity, and I will have mercy on the whole nation of Israel. I will not let them dishonor me.

Ezekiel 5:13

Then my anger will come to an end. I will use it up against them, and then I will be satisfied. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. After I have carried out my anger against them, they will know how strongly I felt.

Ezekiel 6:12

The person who is far away will die by disease. The one who is nearby will die in war. The person who is still alive and has escaped these will die from hunger. So I will carry out my anger on them.

Ezekiel 8:18

So I will act in anger. I will have no pity, nor will I show mercy. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became concerned about his land and felt sorry for his people.

Leviticus 26:28

I will show my great anger; I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

Micah 5:15

In my anger and rage, I will pay back the nations that have not listened.”

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You forgive those who are guilty of sin; you don’t look at the sins of your people who are left alive. You will not stay angry forever, because you enjoy being kind.

Zechariah 1:14

Then the angel who was talking to me said to me, “Announce this: This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘I have a strong love for Jerusalem.

Zechariah 8:2

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I have a very strong love for Jerusalem. My strong love for her is like a fire burning in me.”

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has saved the Israelites from my anger. He hates sin as much as I do. Since he tried to save my honor among them, I will not kill them.

Romans 12:19

My friends, do not try to punish others when they wrong you, but wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them,” says the Lord.

Romans 13:4

The ruler is God’s servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. He has the power to punish; he is God’s servant to punish those who do wrong.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The Lord your God is a jealous God, like a fire that burns things up.

Deuteronomy 7:10

But he will pay back those people who hate him. He will destroy them, and he will not be slow to pay back those who hate him.

Hebrews 10:30

We know that God said, “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them.” And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Joshua 24:19

Then Joshua said, “You are not able to serve the Lord, because he is a holy God and a jealous God. If you turn against him and sin, he will not forgive you.

2 Peter 2:9

So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day.