Ezekiel 38:18

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.”

Yahweh has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

for you shall worship no other god; for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.

I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

He who is far off will die of the pestilence. He who is near will fall by the sword. He who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my wrath on them.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”

then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.

The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahweh’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.

Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.

After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.

For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots will be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

“ ‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”

Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”

It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will each return from his evil way; for Yahweh has pronounced great anger and wrath against this people.”

For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.

He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.

“ ‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.

They will recompense your lewdness on you, and you will bear the sins of your idols. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Now I will reverse the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel. I will be jealous for my holy name.

“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

I will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

“Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.”

For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me;” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’ ”

He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; he will repay the islands their due.

The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.

Tell the forest of the South, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word: The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree. The burning flame will not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.

Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the middle of it.

They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

for our God is a consuming fire.