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 21:17

21:17 I too will clap my hands together,

I will exhaust my rage;

I the Lord have spoken.”

Ezekiel 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ³  Jerusalem ⁴  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 21:14

21:14 “And you, son of man, prophesy,

and clap your hands together.

Let the sword strike twice, even three times!

It is a sword for slaughter,

a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

Isaiah 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ⁵ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ⁶  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ⁷  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁸ 

Zechariah 6:8

6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me ⁹  peace about the northland.” ¹⁰ 

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 “set your face toward.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

⁷ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

⁸ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.

⁹ tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the Lord who exclaims here that the horsemen have accomplished their task of bringing peace.

¹⁰ 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.