For jealousy is the fury of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance—presenting the betrayed husband's natural response as a force of nature that the adulterer cannot escape through appeal or negotiation. This verse acknowledges that certain transgressions provoke responses so powerful and primal that no compensation can purchase safety from them. The language reflects covenant understanding that violation of the most intimate covenant bonds (marriage) provokes a response proportional in severity to the violation. By invoking the husband's jealousy as fury that will not spare, the verse adds the dimension of personal human consequence alongside the structural consequences established earlier.

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