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Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
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The "Cruelty" of God's Justice
Commentators explain that when the Bible calls God's judgment "cruel," it doesn't mean God is malicious. Rather, it describes the unsparing and severe nature of His righteous anger against sin. As John Calvin notes, God's presence is a comfort to the righteous but a terror to the ungodly, who face His justice without mercy. It is the sinner's perspective of a righteous judge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The day of the Lord comes - See Isaiah 13:6.
Cruel - (אכזרי 'ak e zārı̂y). This does not mean that "God" is …
16th Century
Protestant
Behold the day of the Lord will come cruel. He repeats what he had slightly noticed a little earlier, that though the inhabitants of Babyl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, the day of the Lord comes Or "is come" F5 ; said in (Isaiah 13:6) to be at hand, but …
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We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terribl…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of Babylon. Here the prophet threatens the Babylonians, who had captured the two tribes. This is divided into …
