Lexicon :: Strong's H5360 - nᵊqāmâ

“It is God who executes vengeance for me,

And brings down [and disciplines] the peoples under me,

The God who avenges me,

And subdues peoples (nations) under me.

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”

Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],

Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

O LORD God, You to whom vengeance belongs,

O God, You to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth [in judgment]!

To execute vengeance on the nations

And punishment on the peoples,

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,

Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind),

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You I have committed my cause.

For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many,

“Terror on every side!

Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”

All my familiar and trusted friends,

[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,

“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,

And take our revenge on him.”

But, O LORD of hosts, You who examine the righteous,

Who see the heart and the mind,

Let me see Your vengeance on them;

For to You I have committed my cause.

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts,

A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And drink its fill of their blood;

For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering]

In the north country by the river Euphrates.

“Raise the battle cry against her on every side!

She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen,

Her walls have been torn down.

For this is the vengeance of the LORD:

Take vengeance on her;

As she has done [to others], do to her.

Listen to the voice of the refugees who flee and escape from the land of Babylon,

Proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,

The vengeance [of the LORD against the Chaldeans] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.

Flee out of Babylon,

Let every one of you save his life!

Do not be destroyed in her punishment,

For this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance;

He is going to pay her what she has earned.

Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!

The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the [fn]Medes,

Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;

For that is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.

Therefore thus says the LORD,

“Behold, I will plead your case

And take full vengeance for you;

I will dry up her sea and great reservoir

And make her fountain dry.

You have seen all their vengeance,

All their schemes against me.