2 God isajealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The Lordisaslow to anger and bgreat in power, And will not at all acquit thewicked. cThe Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4aHe rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. bBashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth1 heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation? And awho can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7aThe Lordis good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And bHe knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
Bashan languisheth—through drought; ordinarily it was a region famed for its rich pasturage (compare Joel 1:10).
flower of Lebanon—its bloom; all that blooms so luxuriantly on Lebanon (Hosea 14:7). As Bashan was famed for its pastures, Carmel for its corn fields and vineyards, so Lebanon for its forests (Isaiah 33:9). There is nothing in the world so blooming that God cannot change it when He is wroth.
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