Usage of "divine retribution"

Russian

божественное воздаяние

Portuguese

castigo divino

Catalan

càstig diví

Supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or everyone by a deity in response to some action.

wrath of god

Related terms

божественное воздаяние

Usage of divine retribution in English

He said over and over that Dallas was divine retribution for Diem. 
 Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia 

I don't know if you'd call that divine retribution or just irony. 
 Doctor Sleep 

Mark how this is a divine retribution indeed, but a natural process too. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah 

Fabiola had no wish to bring down divine retribution upon herself for this act. 
 The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle 

If that wasn't divine retribution he didn't know what was. 
 The player 

Men see the Haze as divine retribution for their sins. 
 The Tangle Box 

Evil deeds are the occasion of the divine retribution. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah 

There is such a thing as divine retribution, and it has been visited upon Andrea. 
 The blackstone chronicles 

One day, they too will die and will have no escape route from divine retribution. 
 The Irish Times 

The Church has called for " divine retribution" against the women. 
 Reuters 

If we were paid-up subscribers to angry-god-brand old-time religion, we'd say it had to be divine retribution. 
 The Irish Times 

As I entered, a very unspiritual-looking preacher was laying down the most severe doctrines of divine retribution. 
 Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 

The oath -a voluntary pledge usually involving the penalty of divine retribution -has a long lineage. 
 The Irish Times 

This fever was no divine retribution. 
 Song of the Nile 

She hushed the new-born hope in her heart, lest its cry should wake the angel of the divine retribution. 
 The Helpmate 

The divine retribution for every deed is the kick of the gun, not an extra explosion arbitrarily thrown in. 
 The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a... 