Ezekiel 21:9
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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!
Ezekiel 21:28
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A Sword Against the Ammonites
28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God (A)concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say:
‘A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing—
Ezekiel 21:3
New King James Version
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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Isaiah 34:5-6
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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.
6 The (C)sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made [a]overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For (D)the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:6 Lit. fat
Amos 9:4
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4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (A)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(B)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”
Ezekiel 21:15
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15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! (A)It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:
Jeremiah 15:2
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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.” ’
Jeremiah 12:12
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12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
Isaiah 66:16
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16 For by fire and by (A)His sword
The Lord will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the Lord shall be (B)many.
Isaiah 27:1
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Israel Will Be Restored
27 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
(A)Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay (B)the reptile that is in the sea.
Psalm 7:11-13
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11 God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back,
He will (A)sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
Job 20:25
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25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (A)the glittering point comes out of his [a]gall.
(B)Terrors come upon him;
Footnotes
- Job 20:25 Gallbladder
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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