Recently the auditorium Bible class partook in a discussion referencing instances when God’s wrath was clearly directed at His people, those whom He loved. The passage that came to my mind was Judges 10:10-16.
“And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines? The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and…