Isaiah 63:4
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4 For the day of vengeance was in my mind,
and the year for my redeeming work had come.(A)
Isaiah 34:8
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- 34.8 Or of recompense by Zion’s defender
Jeremiah 51:6
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6 Flee from the midst of Babylon;
save your lives, each of you!
Do not perish because of her guilt,
for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
he is repaying her what is due.(A)
Isaiah 61:2
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2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,(A)
Isaiah 35:4
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4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(A)
Revelation 18:20
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20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her condemnation of you.(A)
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Revelation 11:13
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13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(A)
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Revelation 6:9-17
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9 When he broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given;(A) 10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(B) 11 They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and sisters who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.(C)
12 When he broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,(D) 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.(E) 14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(F) 15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(G) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(H) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(I)
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- 6.17 Other ancient authorities read his
Luke 21:22
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22 for these are days of vengeance, as a fulfillment of all that is written.(A)
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Zechariah 3:8
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8 Now listen, Joshua, high priest, you and your colleagues who sit before you! For they are an omen of things to come: I am going to bring my servant the Branch.(A)
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