“My anger shall
Spend itself.
I will vent my fury
On them.
I will satisfy myself.
They shall know
That I,
Yahweh,
Have spoken
In my jealousy,
When I spend my fury
On them.
Moreover
I will make you
A desolation.
I will make you
An object of mocking
Among the nations
Around you,
In the sight
Of all that pass by.
You shall be a mockery.
You shall be a taunt.
You shall be a warning.
You shall be a horror,
To the nations around you.
I will execute judgments
On you
In anger,
In fury,
With furious punishments.
I!
Yahweh!
Have spoken!”
Yahweh said that he was going to spend his anger on the people of Jerusalem. He was going to vent his fury on them. He was going to satisfy himself. They would know that he was Yahweh. He was going to speak out of jealousy against them. This is a very strong statement about the anger of God against the people of Jerusalem, because he was a jealous God. Jerusalem would become a desolation, an object of mocking, a taunt, a warning, and a horror among all the nations around her. Angry Yahweh was going to execute his judgments on them with his furious punishments. Yahweh has clearly spoken.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 