THEOSISJeremiah 51:36Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will dry up her spring.
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִי־רָב֙ אֶת־רִיבֵ֔ךְ וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י אֶת־נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־יַמָּ֔הּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י אֶת־מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 12:19Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Ps 140 (139):12
- Jer 50:38A drought upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: because it is a land of idols, and they glory in monstrous things.
- Isa 44:27Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
- Deut 32:35Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.
- Deut 32:43Praise his people, ye nations, for he will revenge the blood of his servants: and will render vengeance to their enemies, and he will be merciful to the land of his people.
- Heb 10:30For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people.
- Heb 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.