Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
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