SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:30
Sabemos quin es el que dijo: Mía es la venganza, yo dar el pago, dice el Seor. Y otra vez: El Seor juzgar a su pueblo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 10:30
Verse 30. Vengeance belongeth unto me] This is the saying of God, Deut. xxxii. 35, in reference to the idolatrous Gentiles, who were the enemies of his people; and is here with propriety applied to the above apostates, who, being enemies to God's ordinances, and Christ's ministry and merits, must also be enemies to Christ's people; and labour for the destruction of them, and the cause in which they are engaged. The Lord shall judge his people.] That is, he shall execute judgment for them; for this is evidently the sense in which the word is used in the place from which the apostle quotes, Deut. xxxii. xx16: For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone. So God will avenge and vindicate the cause of Christianity by destroying its enemies, as he did in the case of the Jewish people, whom he destroyed from being a nation, and made them a proverb of reproach and monuments of his wrathful indignation to the present day.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 30. For we know him that hath said , etc..] That is, God, whom the apostle and the Hebrews knew; not merely by the works of creation and providence, but by the Scriptures, which they were favoured with, and by which they were distinguished from the Gentiles, and by which they knew his being, nature, and perfections; particularly, that what he said he was able to perform, and that he was true and faithful to every word of his, and to what he has said, ( Deuteronomy 32:35) vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompence, saith the Lord .
Vengeance belongs to God, not as to the affection, as if there was any such passion in him; but as to the effect, there being that produced by him, which answers to the effect of such a passion among men, namely punishment: and punishment for sin belongs to God, against whom it is committed; and not to Heathen deities, one of which goes by the name of Vengeance, ( Acts 28:4) nor to Satan, and his spiteful angels; nor to men, to exercise it in a private and personal way; though civil magistrates, being in God's stead, are allowed to exercise it in a public way, according to the laws of God: and there is good reason to believe, that what the Lord here says, I will recompence, or revenge sin, shall be done; which may be concluded from his hatred of sin; from his purity, holiness, and justice; from his faithfulness to his word; from his omnipotence; from the notice he takes of sin, in his own people, in a way of chastisement, and correction; and from the vengeance he has poured on his own Son, as their surety. And again , in ( Deuteronomy 32:36) the Lord shall judge his people; such as are truly so, his chosen and covenant people, his redeemed and called ones; these he judges by chastising them in a fatherly way, that they may not be condemned with the world; and by governing and protecting them; and by vindicating and pleading their cause, and avenging them on their enemies: or else such as are only his people by profession; on these he will write a Lo-ammi; he distinguishes them from his own, and judges between them and his people, and will condemn them; nor will their profession screen them from his wrath and vengeance.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-31 - The exhortations against apostacy and to perseverance, are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and fina falling away, when men, with a full and fixed will and resolution despise and reject Christ, the only Saviour; despise and resist the Spirit, the only Sanctifier; and despise and renounce the gospel, the only way of salvation, and the words of eternal life. Of thi destruction God gives some notorious sinners, while on earth, a fearfu foreboding in their consciences, with despair of being able to endur or to escape it. But what punishment can be sorer than to die withou mercy? We answer, to die by mercy, by the mercy and grace which the have despised. How dreadful is the case, when not only the justice of God, but his abused grace and mercy call for vengeance! All this doe not in the least mean that any souls who sorrow for sin will be shu out from mercy, or that any will be refused the benefit of Christ' sacrifice, who are willing to accept these blessings. Him that comet unto Christ, he will in no wise cast out.
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
30. We know him that hath said (oidamen gar ton eiponta). The retribution (timwria) is certain, because assured by the word of God in Scripture.
Vengeance (ekdikhsiv). An unfortunate translation, since it conveys the idea of vindictiveness which does not reside in the Greek word. It is the full meting out of justice to all parties. The quotation is an adaptation of the LXX of Deut. xxxii. 35. The second citation is literally from LXX of Deut. xxxii. 36.
