Indignation is assessed through the speaker, recipient and the judgment or petition in which it appears. Isaiah names Assyria as the rod of the Lord's anger but also announces judgment against its arrogant intent.
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Indignation is assessed through the speaker, recipient and the judgment or petition in which it appears. Isaiah names Assyria as the rod of the LORD's anger but also announces judgment against its arrogant intent.
The BSB source-word alignment has 22 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include His indignation (2), My indignation (2), of wrath (2), for the cursing (1), fury (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Psalms 38:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (5), Psalms (4), Ezekiel (3), Jeremiah (3).
Indignation is assessed through the speaker, recipient and the judgment or petition in which it appears. Isaiah names Assyria as the rod of the Lord's anger but also announces judgment against its arrogant intent. The same unit states a limit to indignation toward the addressed people. Another Isaiah passage tells the people to shelter briefly until indignation passes within its announced judgment.
Jeremiah speaks of being filled with indignation in his disputed ministry, while Psalms 38 and 102 name the Lord's anger in their speakers' distressed prayers. These settings do not allow a preacher to diagnose every illness or loss as punishment. Keep the actual accusation, restraint or prayer visible. A congregation can hear lament and confront harm without imitating ancient violence, claiming its own anger is always divine or treating a sufferer's body as evidence of a hidden verdict.
Assyria's stated role and arrogance, an announced limit, shelter instruction, prophetic distress and two prayers give indignation different speakers and purposes. The noun cannot independently diagnose a present sufferer's condition.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Assyria is named as the rod of the Lord's anger within an oracle that also addresses its arrogant intent.
For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
The Lord states a brief limit to indignation while directing His anger toward the addressed enemy's destruction.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
The people are told to enter and close their chambers briefly until indignation passes in the announced unit.
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah describes sitting apart and being filled with indignation within his appeal and the Lord's ensuing response.
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
The distressed speaker attributes bodily trouble to divine indignation and sin within a confession and plea.
Because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
The praying speaker attributes being lifted and cast aside to the Lord's indignation and wrath before continuing his petition.
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Hebrew word. God's wrathful indignation—visceral fury at sin, moving from physical frothing to divine displeasure
God's wrathful indignation—visceral fury at sin, moving from physical frothing to divine displeasure
strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin) BDB: indignation Usage: angry, indignation, rage.
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זַעַם is built from this root:
It affirms that discipline is grounded in God’s moral holiness.Isaiah 10:24-34
Indignation is temporary toward Zion but redirected against the oppressor.Isaiah 26:19-21
God’s indignation is directed against persistent iniquity.Micah 7:7-10
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Indignation cannot replace the passage's full assessment. Isaiah names Assyria's role in judgment and then confronts its arrogant intent, so an aggressor cannot simply claim divine purpose as immunity. The unit also states a limit concerning the addressed people. Isaiah 26's shelter instruction belongs to its announcement rather than a universal timetable for every danger.
Jeremiah's indignation is expressed within an appeal that receives the Lord's response and directions. Psalm 38 connects its speaker's bodily trouble with sin and seeks help, while Psalm 102 attributes affliction to indignation and then continues toward the Lord's enduring reign and compassion. Teach those actual statements without extending them into an explanation of every person's illness.
A congregation can allow confession where it is voiced and hear pain where it is expressed, while supporting practical care. It must not prescribe violence, claim that its own anger always speaks for God or force sufferers to accept an unproved verdict about their condition.
Ps.102.10
The noun names indignation while attribution and the governing unit establish its speaker and object. Twenty-two direct BSB tokens in twenty-two verses remain separate from canonical twenty-two; artifact transliteration is preserved without constructing a physiological diagnosis or universal cause of illness from anger vocabulary.
Romans 2:1-11 warns the judging person, speaks of God's kindness leading to repentance, describes righteous judgment and denies partiality. This is a canonical judgment comparison, not an occurrence of the Hebrew noun or a grant of authority to diagnose a particular sick person's hidden guilt or imitate ancient punishment.