Isaiah 47:3

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Summary

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

I will take

Bible References

I will take

Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!

Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

“For the day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.

‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,

In due time their foot will slip;

For the day of their calamity is near,

And the impending things are hastening upon them.’

O Lord, God of

vengeance,

God of vengeance,

shine forth!

O daughter of Babylon, you

devastated one,

How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

“If you say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the magnitude of your iniquity

Your skirts have been removed

And your heels have been exposed.

Put all her young bulls to the sword;

Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their day has come,
The time of their punishment.

“They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
And pierced through in their streets.”

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts;
“And I will

lift up your skirts over your face,

And show to the nations your nakedness
And to the kingdoms your disgrace.

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath.

for her sins have

piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.