Deuteronomy 20:17

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¹⁷Completely destroy^[a] them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you.

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Deuteronomy 20:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Deuteronomy 20:17 in all English translations

Ezekiel 38:21-23

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²¹I will summon a sword^(A) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.^(B) ²²I will execute judgment^(C) on him with plague and bloodshed;^(D) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones^(E) and burning sulfur^(F) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.^(G) ²³And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(H)’

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Jeremiah 50:35-40

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³⁵“A sword^(A) against the Babylonians!”^(B)
    declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise^(C) men!
³⁶A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(D)
    They will be filled with terror.^(E)
³⁷A sword against her horses and chariots^(F)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.^(G)
A sword against her treasures!^(H)
    They will be plundered.
³⁸A drought on^[a] her waters!^(I)
    They will dry^(J) up.
For it is a land of idols,^(K)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

³⁹“So desert creatures^(L) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.^(M)
⁴⁰As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(N)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(O)

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Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against

Jeremiah 48:10

New International Version

¹⁰“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword^(A) from bloodshed!^(B)

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Isaiah 34:5-6

New International Version

⁵My sword^(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(C)
⁶The sword^(D) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice^(E) in Bozrah^(F)
    and a great slaughter^(G) in the land of Edom.

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Deuteronomy 7:1-2

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Driving Out the Nations

7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess^(A) and drives out before you many nations^(B)—the Hittites,^(C) Girgashites,^(D) Amorites,^(E) Canaanites, Perizzites,^(F) Hivites^(G) and Jebusites,^(H) seven nations larger and stronger than you— ²and when the Lord your God has delivered^(I) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy^(J) them totally.^[a]^(K) Make no treaty^(L) with them, and show them no mercy.^(M)

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Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

Revelation 19:18

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¹⁸so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,^(A) free and slave,^(B) great and small.”^(C)

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