“For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.”
YHWH announces coming in fire, riding on a swift cloud with troops, to render divine anger in fury and rebuke with flaming fire. The warrior-theophany imagery indicates divine judgment as cosmic event. The mention of fire-rendering anger echoes previous judgment imagery. The troops indicate cosmic assembly for judgment. The movement from consolation to judgment suggests that eschatological transformation includes both: salvation for the faithful, judgment for the wicked. This verse's return to judgment-language after consolation maintains the dual eschatological outcome: blessing and curse coexist in the new order.
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