Jeremiah 4:12

4:12 No, ¹  a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’ ² 

Jeremiah 4:28

4:28 Because of this the land will mourn

and the sky above will grow black. ³ 

For I have made my purpose known ⁴ 

and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” ⁵ 

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!” ⁶ 

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! ⁷ 

Ezekiel 24:14

24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment ⁸  is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! ⁹  I will judge you ¹⁰  according to your conduct ¹¹  and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Joel 2:11

2:11 The voice of the Lord thunders ¹²  as he leads his army. ¹³ 

Indeed, his warriors ¹⁴  are innumerable; ¹⁵ 

Surely his command is carried out! ¹⁶ 

Yes, the day of the Lord is awesome ¹⁷ 

and very terrifying – who can survive ¹⁸  it?

Matthew 23:35-36

23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ¹⁹  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 23:36 I tell you the truth, ²⁰  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! ²¹ 

¹ tn The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for…”

² tn Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

³ sn The earth and the heavens are personified here and depicted in the act of mourning and wearing black clothes because of the destruction of the land of Israel.

⁴ tn Heb “has spoken and purposed.” This is an example of hendiadys where two verbs are joined by “and” but one is meant to serve as a modifier of the other.

⁵ tn Heb “will not turn back from it.”

⁶ tn Heb “Should I not punish them…? Should I not bring retribution…?” The rhetorical questions have the force of strong declarations.

⁷ tn Heb “Should I not punish…? Should I not bring retribution…?” The rhetorical questions function as emphatic declarations.

⁸ tn Heb “it”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”

¹⁰ tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and the major ancient versions read a first person verb here. Most Hebrew mss read have an indefinite subject, “they will judge you,” which could be translated, “you will be judged.”

¹¹ tn Heb “ways.”

¹² tn Heb “the Lord gives his voice.”

¹³ tn Heb “before his army.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “military encampment.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “very large.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “he makes his word powerful.”

¹⁷ tn Or “powerful.” Heb “great.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “endure.” The MT and LXX read “endure,” while one of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) has “bear.”

¹⁹ sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

²⁰ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

²¹ tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”