Deuteronomy 32:35
Context32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back
at the time their foot slips;
for the day of their disaster is near,
and the impending judgment 1 is rushing upon them!”
Psalms 94:1
Context94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 3
Ezekiel 20:37
Context20:37 I will make you pass under 4 the shepherd’s staff, 5 and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
Hebrews 10:28-30
Context10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death 6 without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 7 10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for 8 the Son of God, and profanes 9 the blood of the covenant that made him holy, 10 and insults the Spirit of grace? 10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 11 and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 12
[32:35] 1 tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.
[94:1] 2 sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.
[94:1] 3 tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).
[20:37] 4 tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.
[20:37] 5 sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.
[10:28] 7 sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.
[10:29] 8 tn Grk “tramples under foot.”
[10:29] 9 tn Grk “regarded as common.”
[10:29] 10 tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”
[10:30] 11 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
[10:30] 12 sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.