I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.
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I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Isaiah 27:4 has YHWH declare 'fury is not in me' (chemah ein li). At least seven other texts across the prophetic and apocalyptic corpus — Isaiah 34:2, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 30:23, Micah 5:15, Nahum 1:2, Zechariah 8:2 — describe YHWH as repeatedly, often, and copiously furious.
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"Jeremiah 21:5 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/jeremiah/21/5?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).