“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, 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 upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”
Therefore wait for me, declares the LORD, for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my wrath, all my hot anger; for in the fire of my jealous wrath all the earth shall be consumed—the divine resolution to execute judgment encompasses all creation. The 'seizing of prey' suggests active, personal divine judgment; God does not passively observe but actively intervenes. The 'fire of jealous wrath' emphasizes both the intensity and the personal covenant-character of judgment.
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