¹⁰ Why should the nations ask,
‘Where is their God? ’^(A)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants
be known among the nations.^(B)

¹⁰ That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies,
a day of vengeance to avenge himself
against his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice^(A) to the Lord, the God of Armies,
in the northern land by the River Euphrates.^(B)

¹⁵ I will take vengeance in anger and wrath^(A)
against the nations that have not obeyed me.

² The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance
and is fierce in^[a] wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance against his foes;^(A)
he is furious with his enemies.^(B)