18 Do not take revenge(A) or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself;(B) I am Yahweh.

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

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He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.(A)

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He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;(A)

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16 For I will not accuse you forever,
and I will not always be angry;(A)
for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,
even the breath of man, which I have made.

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16 I will not accuse(A) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,(B)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people(C) I have created.

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God’s Vengeance

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;
He is furious with His enemies.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:2 Lit is a master of

The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

The Lord is a jealous(A) and avenging God;
    the Lord takes vengeance(B) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
    and vents his wrath against his enemies.(C)

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