Jeremiah 47:6
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6 (A)Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
Ezekiel 21:3-5
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3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: (A)Behold, I am against you and will draw (B)my sword from its sheath and (C)will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. 4 Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. 5 (D)And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn (E)my sword from its sheath; (F)it shall not be sheathed again.
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Jeremiah 12:12
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12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert
destroyers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
from one end of the land to the other;
no flesh has peace.
John 18:11
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11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; (A)shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
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Ezekiel 21:30
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30 (A)Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, (B)I will judge you.
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Ezekiel 14:17
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17 “Or (A)if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, (B)and I cut off from it man and beast,
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Jeremiah 51:20-23
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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.
Jeremiah 25:27
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27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (B)the sword that I am sending among you.’
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Jeremiah 15:3
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3 (A)I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and (B)the birds of the air (C)and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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Jeremiah 12:4
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4 (A)How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
(B)For the evil of those who dwell in it
(C)the beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”
Jeremiah 4:21
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21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Isaiah 10:15
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15 Shall (A)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Isaiah 10:5
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Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
Psalm 17:13
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13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
1 Chronicles 21:27
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27 Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
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2 Samuel 2:26
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26 Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?”
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Deuteronomy 32:41-42
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41 if I (A)sharpen my flashing sword[a]
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and (B)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the (C)long-haired heads of the enemy.’
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:41 Hebrew the lightning of my sword
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