The Assyrian war machine was the most inhuman instrument of terror in the ancient world, and everyone knew that wrath must be coming to them. But the people of the city repented, they turned to God in sackcloth and ashes, and God delayed the wrath. It did eventually catch up with them because their turning to God did not last. Of course we all know cases where wrath does not seem to operate as it should. The wicked prosper.
Drunken drivers escape, and worst of all when they do crash it is often the innocent who are maimed.
Job was unjustly accused by his friends of suffering the wrath his sin deserved. Like Job we should never accept guilt for consequences we did not cause. And if we are to blame, we take our consequences bravely before God but still without guilt. In the Old Testament in every case wrath meant bad consequences in this life. That is impossible because we are moral beings.