God declares His passionate return to Zion with great wrath against the nations that have afflicted His people. This divine wrath represents righteous judgment against those who have oppressed Israel, reflecting God's role as both redeemer and judge in redemptive history. The intensity of God's emotional language—His "great jealousy" and "great wrath"—underscores the seriousness of the covenant violation and the certainty of divine vindication. This verse establishes that restoration is not passive blessing but active, zealous divine intervention.

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