Ezekiel 21:9
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9 Mortal, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord; say:
A sword, a sword is sharpened;
it is also polished;(A)
Ezekiel 21:3
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3 and say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord: I am coming against you and will draw my sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.(A)
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Isaiah 34:5-6
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5 When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
upon Edom it will fall,
upon the people I have doomed to judgment.(A)
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.(B)
Amos 9:4
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4 And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
for harm and not for good.(A)
Ezekiel 21:28
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28 As for you, mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say:
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- 21.28 Cn: Heb to contain
Ezekiel 21:15
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15 therefore hearts melt,
and many stumble.
At all their gates I have set
the point[a] of the sword.
Ah! It is made for flashing;
it is drawn for slaughter.
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- 21.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 15:2
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2 And when they say to you, “Where shall we go?” you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord:
Those destined for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those destined for the sword, to the sword;
those destined for famine, to famine,
and those destined for captivity, to captivity.(A)
Jeremiah 12:12
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12 Upon all the bare heights[a] in the desert,
spoilers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
from one end of the land to the other;
no one shall be safe.(A)
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- 12.12 Or the trails
Isaiah 66:16
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16 For by fire will the Lord execute judgment,
and by his sword on all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.(A)
Isaiah 27:1
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Israel’s Redemption
27 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.(A)
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Psalm 7:11-13
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Job 20:25
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25 It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,
and the glittering point comes out of their gall;
terrors come upon them.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:41-42
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41 when I whet my flashing sword
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.(A)
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.’(B)
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