Which other scriptures highlight God's power to "stretch out My hand" in judgment? Seeing the Thread: Passages Where God “Stretches Out His Hand” in Judgment • Exodus 3:20 – “So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them; after that, he will release you.” • Exodus 6:6 – “I will deliver you from their bondage and redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.” • Exodus 7:5 – “The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.” • Deuteronomy 4:34 – God rescues “by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors.” • Isaiah 5:25 – “He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them… His hand is still upraised.” • Isaiah 14:26-27 – “This is the hand stretched out over all the nations… His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” • Jeremiah 21:5 – “I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, in anger and fury and great wrath.” • Jeremiah 27:5 – “By My great power and outstretched arm I made the earth…” (power to judge by giving kingdoms to whom He wills). • Ezekiel 6:14 – “I will stretch out My hand against them… Then they will know that I am the LORD.” • Ezekiel 14:9 – “I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.” • Ezekiel 25:13 – “I will stretch out My hand against Edom…” • Ezekiel 25:16 – “I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines…” • Zephaniah 1:4 – “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem.” • Zephaniah 2:13 – “He will stretch out His hand against the North and destroy Assyria.” • Acts 13:11 – “Now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind…” (a New-Testament echo of the same judicial power). Patterns to Notice • The phrase surfaces first in Egypt’s plagues, setting a template: God’s outstretched hand rescues His people while judging their oppressors. • Prophets reuse it to warn Israel and the nations alike—no one is exempt when sin persists. • The image marries absolute authority (“mighty arm”) with personal action (“My hand”); judgment is never random, always deliberate. • The New Testament preserves the motif, showing that God’s holy consistency spans both covenants. Takeaways for Today • God’s judgments are purposeful, not impulsive—His “stretched-out hand” always serves His redemptive plan. • Because His hand is active in history, repentance is urgent; ignoring His warnings invites the very judgment these passages record. • The same hand that disciplines also delivers (Exodus); mercy remains available to all who humble themselves under His mighty hand (1 Peter 5:6). |
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