And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them, concluding the cycle of nation-oracles with the characteristic recognition formula. The doubled language—'great vengeance' and 'wrathful rebukes'—emphasizes the intensity and totality of judgment, while the final formula reminds readers that even in judgment, God's purpose is revelation: the enemies of Israel come to know God through the very acts that destroy them.

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