For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
Luke 21:22 - New International Version (Anglicised) For this is the time of punishment in fulfilment of all that has been written. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled. American Standard Version (1901) For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Common English Bible These are the days of punishment, when everything written will find its fulfillment. Catholic Public Domain Version For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written. |
For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
It was for me the day of vengeance; the year for me to redeem had come.
‘Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.
The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this. Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac.
‘Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet:
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.
if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.