Ezekiel 21:3
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3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am (A)against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both (B)righteous and wicked from you.
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Job 9:22
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22 It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, (A)‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
Jeremiah 21:13
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13 “Behold, (A)I am against you, O [a]inhabitant of the valley,
And rock of the plain,” says the Lord,
“Who say, (B)‘Who shall come down against us?
Or who shall enter our dwellings?’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 21:13 dweller
Nahum 3:5
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5 “Behold, I am (A)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(B)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.
Nahum 2:13
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13 “Behold, (A)I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “I will burn [a]your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your (B)messengers shall be heard no more.”
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- Nahum 2:13 Lit. her
Ezekiel 21:19
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19 “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.
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Ezekiel 5:8
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8 therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
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Zechariah 13:7
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The Shepherd Savior
7 “Awake, O sword, against (A)My Shepherd,
Against the Man (B)who is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
(C)“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against (D)the little ones.
Zephaniah 2:12
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Ezekiel 26:3
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3 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
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Ezekiel 21:9-11
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9 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ Say:
(A)‘A sword, a sword is sharpened
And also polished!
10 Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.
11 And He has given it to be polished,
That it may be handled;
This sword is sharpened, and it is polished
To be given into the hand of (B)the slayer.’
Ezekiel 14:21
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21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Ezekiel 14:17
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17 “Or if (A)I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I (B)cut off man and beast from it,
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Ezekiel 9:5-6
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5 To the others He said in my [a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and (A)kill;[b] (B)do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. 6 (C)Utterly[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but (D)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and (E)begin at My sanctuary.” (F)So they began with the elders who were before the [d]temple.
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- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. ears
- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. strike
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. Slay to destruction
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. house
Ezekiel 5:12
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12 (A)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)them.
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Jeremiah 51:25
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25 “Behold, I am against you, (A)O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
(B)And make you a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah 51:20
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20 “You(A) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
Jeremiah 50:31
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31 “Behold, I am against you,
O most haughty one!” says the Lord God of hosts;
“For your day has come,
[a]The time that I will punish you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:31 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. The time of your punishment
Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 “O you (A)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [a]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (B)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (C)appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
Jeremiah 15:2-4
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2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Such as are for death, to death;
And such as are for the sword, to the sword;
And such as are for the famine, to the famine;
And such as are for the (B)captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3 “And I will (C)appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, (D)the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 I will hand them over to (E)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (F)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 34:5
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5 “For (A)My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it (B)shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
Isaiah 10:5
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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 “Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
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2 (A)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [a]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
Psalm 17:13
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13 Arise, O Lord,
Confront him, cast him down;
Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword,
Deuteronomy 32:41-42
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41 (A)If I [a]whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
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 heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:41 sharpen
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