Deuteronomy 32:42
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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired enemy.’(A)
Deuteronomy 32:23
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23 I will heap disasters upon them,
spend my arrows against them:(A)
Jeremiah 46:10
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10 That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
a day of retribution,
to gain vindication from his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(A)
Ezekiel 38:21-22
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21 I will summon the sword against Gog[a] in[b] all my mountains, says the Lord God; the swords of all will be against their comrades.(A) 22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will pour down torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur upon him and his troops and the many peoples who are with him.(B)
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Ezekiel 35:6-8
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6 therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will make you bloody, and blood shall pursue you; since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7 I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.(A) 8 I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses those killed with the sword shall fall.(B)
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Lamentations 2:5
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5 The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has destroyed Israel.
He has destroyed all its palaces,
laid in ruins its strongholds,
and multiplied in daughter Judah
mourning and lamentation.(A)
Jeremiah 46:14
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14 Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol;
proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes;
Say, “Take your stations and be ready,
for the sword shall devour those around you.”(A)
Jeremiah 30:14
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14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you,
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
because your sins are so numerous.(A)
Jeremiah 16:10
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10 And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, “Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?”(A)
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Psalm 68:23
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23 so that you may bathe[a] your feet in blood,
so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.”(A)
Footnotes
- 68.23 Gk Syr Tg: Heb shatter
Psalm 45:5
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5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Job 13:24
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24 Why do you hide your face
and count me as your enemy?(A)
Isaiah 34:6-8
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6 The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.(A)
7 Wild oxen shall fall with them
and young steers with the mighty bulls.
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
and their soil made rich with fat.(B)
Footnotes
- 34.8 Or of recompense by Zion’s defender
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