Taking vengeance — Does God barely permit this, or (as "the Lord" once "rained brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven," Genesis 19:24) does a fiery stream go forth from him for ever? Who know not God — (The root of all wickedness and misery) who remain in heathen ignorance. And who obey not — This refers chiefly to the Jews, who had heard the gospel.
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2 Thessalonians 1:8
8 In flaming fire takingb vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: