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# Wrath
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Wrath is intense anger or fury. It sometimes happens for a long time. In the Bible, the word “wrath” is usually used to talk about God’s anger toward people who sin against him. God’s wrath is always holy, righteous, and just.
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See: Sin; Holy (Holiness, Set Apart); Righteous (Righteousness); Justice (Just, Unjust)
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Sometimes the Bible uses the words, “God poured out his wrath” on someone. Sometimes it uses the words, “God’s wrath came” upon someone (Jeremiah 7:20; Hosea 5:10; Ephesians 5:6). These are different ways of talking about God judging people and punishing them for their sin.
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God’s wrath is sometimes written about as being like a fire when he punished people (Jeremiah 7:20; 15:14; 44:6; See also: Jeremiah 4:4). God’s wrath is also written about as being like wine in a cup that people must drink (Revelation 14:10; See also: Isaiah 51:17-23; Jeremiah 25:15). These metaphors are used to talk about how God’s wrath destroys people and causes them to fall so they cannot get up again.
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See: Metaphor; Judge (Judgment); Punish (Punishment); Fire; Wine (Winepress)
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