LXX Concordance for θυμὸς

“Their anger is cursed, for it is strong,

and their fury, for it is cruel!

I will disperse them throughout Jacob

and scatter them throughout Israel.

“You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

“All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger? '

Their wine is serpents' venom,

the deadly poison of cobras.

“if the king's anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall?

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the LORD's wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors have not kept the word of the LORD in order to do everything written in this book.”

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

But they kept ridiculing God's messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the LORD's wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced[fn] me;

my spirit drinks their poison.

God's terrors are arrayed against me.

then be afraid of the sword,

because wrath brings punishment by the sword,

so that you may know there is a judgment.

For that would be a disgrace;

it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[fn]

do not let a large ransom[fn] lead you astray.

Pay homage to[fn] the Son or he will be angry

and you will perish in your rebellion,[fn]

for his anger may ignite at any moment.

All who take refuge in him are happy.

They have venom like the venom of a snake,

like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

Pour out your rage on them,

and let your burning anger overtake them.

For jealousy enrages a husband,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

A king's fury is a messenger of death,

but a wise person appeases it.

for destruction will come suddenly from them;

who knows what distress these two can bring?

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,

but who can withstand jealousy?

Grief is better than laughter,

for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Don't let your spirit rush to be angry,

for anger abides in the heart of fools.

Therefore the Lord GOD of Armies,

the Mighty One of Israel, declares:

“Ah, I will get even with my foes;

I will take revenge against my enemies.

And the LORD of Armies will brandish a whip against him as he did when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did in Egypt.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will shake from its foundations

at the wrath of the LORD of Armies,

on the day of his burning anger.

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one —

like a devastating hail storm,

like a storm with strong flooding water.

He will bring it across the land with his hand.

For the LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.

He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,

to do his work, his unexpected work,

and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.

Indeed! Topheth has been ready

for the king for a long time.

Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,

with plenty of fire and wood.

The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur,

kindles it.

The LORD is angry with all the nations,

furious with all their armies.

He will set them apart for destruction,

giving them over to slaughter.

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,

who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth.

You are in constant dread all day long

because of the fury of the oppressor,

who has set himself to destroy.

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

you claim, “I am innocent.

His anger is sure to turn away from me.”

But I will certainly judge you

because you have said, “I have not sinned.”

Because of this, put on sackcloth;

mourn and wail,

for the LORD's burning anger

has not turned away from us.

The LORD's anger will not turn away

until he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart.

In time to come you will understand it clearly.

“Perhaps their petition will come before the LORD, and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people are intense.”

“We have experienced panic and pitfall,

devastation and destruction.”

Who can withstand his indignation?

Who can endure his burning anger?

His wrath is poured out like fire;

even rocks are shattered before him.