Jos 5:13, Psa 45:3-4, Isa 63:1-4, Zec 13:7 | ESV | STEP | When Joshua was by Jericho , he lifted up his eyes and looked , and behold , a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand . And Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries ?

Joshua 5:13

The Commander of the Lord’s Army

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, ^aa man was standing before him ^bwith his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”

Psalms 45:3-4

3 ^cGird your ^dsword on your thigh, O ^emighty one,
in ^fyour splendor and majesty!
4 In your majesty ^gride out victoriously
for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
let your right hand teach you ^hawesome deeds!

Isaiah 63:1-4

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

1 Who is this who comes from ⁱEdom,
in crimsoned garments from ^jBozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
^kmarching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why is your ^lapparel red,
and your garments like his ^mwho treads in the winepress?
3 ⁿ“I have trodden the winepress alone,
^oand from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood ^{▼▼Or their juice; also verse 6} spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
4 ^qFor the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption ^{▼▼Or the year of my redeemed} had come.

Zechariah 13:7

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^smy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^t“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.