Deuteronomy 32:41-42
41if I asharpen my flashing sword ▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and cmy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the dlong-haired heads of the enemy.’
Job 20:25
25It eis drawn forth and comes out of his body;fthe glittering point comes out of his ggallbladder;
hterrors come upon him.
Isaiah 66:16
16For iby fire jwill the Lord enter into judgment,and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
Jeremiah 12:12
12Upon all the bare heights in the desertdestroyers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
from one end of the land to the other;
no flesh has peace.
Jeremiah 15:2
2And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:k“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’
Ezekiel 21:3
3and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: lBehold, I am against you and will draw mmy sword from its sheath and nwill cut off from you both righteous and wicked.Ezekiel 21:15
15that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. ▼▼Hebrew many stumbling blocks
At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; pit is taken up ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered taken up is uncertain
for slaughter. Ezekiel 21:28
28“And you, rson of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God sconcerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, tA sword, a sword uis drawn for the slaughter. vIt is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—
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