soldier, like a warrior he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes” (Isa. 42:13). He is “a blood-splattered” God (Isa. 63:3), cruel to his rivals, fearsome with his foes. With his “naked bow” and his “flashing spear” at his side, he rides his war chariot to victory (Hab. 3:8–11). In a rage he “treads the earth;” in anger he “tramples the nations” (Hab. 3:12). He smashes the heads of those who stand against him, and bids his followers “to bathe their feet in the blood of his enemies” (Ps. 68: 21–23). His anger shakes the heavens; the mountains
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