⁴ Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.^(A)
God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”^(B)

¹⁸ So he will repay according to their deeds:^(A)
fury to his enemies,
retribution to his foes,
and he will repay the coasts and islands.

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 Euphrates River.^(B)