Ezekiel 5:13

5:13 Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. ¹  Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy ²  when I have fully vented my rage against them.

Ezekiel 16:42

16:42 I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry.

Deuteronomy 28:63

28:63 This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he ³  will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

Isaiah 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ⁴ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ⁵  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ⁶  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁷ 

Zechariah 6:8

6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me ⁸  peace about the northland.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Or “calm myself.”

² tn The Hebrew noun translated “jealousy” is used in the human realm to describe suspicion of adultery (Num 5:14ff.; Prov 6:34). Since Israel’s relationship with God was often compared to a marriage this term is appropriate here. The term occurs elsewhere in Ezekiel in 8:3, 5; 16:38, 42; 23:25.

³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁴ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at v. 9.

⁵ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

⁷ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.

⁸ tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the Lord who exclaims here that the horsemen have accomplished their task of bringing peace.

⁹ sn The immediate referent of peace about the northland is to the peace brought by Persia’s conquest of Babylonia, a peace that allowed the restoration of the Jewish people (cf. 2 Chr 36:22-23; Isa 44:28; 45:1-2). However, there is also an eschatological dimension, referring to a time when there will be perfect and universal peace.