Nahum 1:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The Lord is a jealous God and avenging, the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.

Cross References

Job 20:23

To fill his belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into him, and rain it upon him as his food.

Psalm 94:1

O Lord, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!

Exodus 20:5

you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 34:14

(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

Exodus 34:7

keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord goes forth like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Isaiah 51:17

Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 66:15

“For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his chariots like the stormwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 25:15

Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

Jeremiah 3:5

will he be angry for ever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.”

Jeremiah 36:7

It may be that their supplication will come before the Lord, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”

Jeremiah 50:15

Raise a shout against her round about, she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her, do to her as she has done.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord gave full vent to his wrath, he poured out his hot anger; and he kindled a fire in Zion, which consumed its foundations.

Ezekiel 36:6

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I speak in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations;

Ezekiel 38:18

But on that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my wrath will be roused.

Ezekiel 38:19

For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Ezekiel 39:25

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Ezekiel 5:13

“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself; and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy, when I spend my fury upon them.

Ezekiel 6:12

He that is far off shall die of pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is left and is preserved shall die of famine. Thus I will spend my fury upon them.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will deal in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Leviticus 26:28

then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins.

Micah 5:15

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations that did not obey.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

Zechariah 1:14

So the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.

Zechariah 8:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.

Romans 12:19

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 13:4

for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.

Deuteronomy 4:24

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

Deuteronomy 7:10

and requites to their face those who hate him, by destroying them; he will not be slack with him who hates him, he will requite him to his face.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,