Exodus 22:24
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My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.