Nevertheless, the Lord said to Jehu, ‘Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in my heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.’
Numbers 31:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Moses spoke to the people, ‘Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance on them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses said to the people, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian and execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian [for seducing Israel]. [Num. 25:16-18.] American Standard Version (1901) And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian. Common English Bible Moses spoke to the people: “Equip some of your men for battle so that they may go against Midian and execute the LORD’s just punishment against Midian. Catholic Public Domain Version And immediately Moses said: "Arm the men among you for a battle, so that they may be able to fulfill the retribution of the Lord on the Midianites. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites. |
Nevertheless, the Lord said to Jehu, ‘Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in my heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.’
You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel #– #the blood of my servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.
He said, ‘Indeed, my hand is lifted up towards the Lord’s throne. The Lord will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.’
That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the God of Armies, in the northern land by the River Euphrates.
There is a voice of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon. The voice announces in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance for his temple.
I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.
‘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.
It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.’
When the leaders lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, blessed be the Lord.
‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord, ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord with the warriors.’