“These things happened because of the Lord’s anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile.”
The LORD God is longsuffering, but He won’t hold back His anger forever. If He didn’t care, He wouldn’t be angry. If He didn’t love Israel, He would not have said, “I am a jealous God”. So God’s anger – His wrath – flows out of His love.
