Ezekiel 21:30
New Living Translation
30 “Now return the sword to its sheath,
for in your own country,
the land of your birth,
I will pass judgment upon you.
Ezekiel 16:38
New Living Translation
38 I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
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Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 “Now, O sword of the Lord,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
7 “But how can it be still
when the Lord has sent it on a mission?
For the city of Ashkelon
and the people living along the sea
must be destroyed.”
Genesis 15:14
New Living Translation
14 But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.
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Ezekiel 28:15
New Living Translation
15 “You were blameless in all you did
from the day you were created
until the day evil was found in you.
Ezekiel 28:13
New Living Translation
13 You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone[a]—
red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
on the day you were created.
Footnotes
- 28:13 The identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.
Ezekiel 21:4-5
New Living Translation
4 Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north. 5 Everyone in the world will know that I am the Lord. My sword is in my hand, and it will not return to its sheath until its work is finished.’
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Ezekiel 16:3-4
New Living Translation
3 Give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
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