Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ¹ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ² 

Jeremiah 5:9

5:9 I will surely punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord.

“I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!” ³ 

Jeremiah 5:29

5:29 I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord.

“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this! ⁴ 

Jeremiah 7:19-20

7:19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” ⁵  says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame! ⁶  7:20 So,” the Lord God ⁷  says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land. ⁸  It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. ⁹  And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”

Jeremiah 13:25

13:25 This is your fate,

the destiny to which I have appointed you,

because you have forgotten me

and have trusted in false gods.

Matthew 23:32

23:32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

Matthew 23:1

Seven Woes

23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

Matthew 2:16

2:16 When Herod ¹⁰  saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men ¹¹  to kill all the children in Bethlehem ¹²  and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

¹ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

² tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”

³ tn Heb “Should I not punish them…? Should I not bring retribution…?” The rhetorical questions have the force of strong declarations.

⁴ tn Heb “Should I not punish…? Should I not bring retribution…?” The rhetorical questions function as emphatic declarations.

⁵ tn Heb “Is it I whom they provoke?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer which is made explicit in the translation.

⁶ tn Heb “Is it not themselves to their own shame?” The rhetorical question expects a positive answer which is made explicit in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” The translation follows the ancient Jewish tradition of substituting the Hebrew word for God for the proper name Yahweh.

⁸ tn Heb “this place.” Some see this as a reference to the temple but the context has been talking about what goes on in the towns of Judah and Jerusalem and the words that follow, meant as a further explanation, are applied to the whole land.

⁹ tn Heb “the trees of/in the field and the fruit of/in the ground.”

¹⁰ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.

¹¹ tn Or “soldiers.”

¹² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.