Reference

Mark 5:7

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
5

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

6

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

7

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

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For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

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And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

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Punishment Language
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Punishment Language

The verse does not explicitly state that God is the one doing the tormenting, but rather that the speaker is asking Jesus not to torment them, implying a fear of punishment from Jesus, who is identified as the Son of the most high God.