gSee Lev. 26:16-22
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.’
Psalms 17:13
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Isaiah 10:5
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, ethe rod of my anger;the staff in their hands is my fury!
Isaiah 10:15
15 Shall fthe 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!
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 15:3
3 gI will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and hthe birds of the air iand the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.Jeremiah 25:27
27“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: jDrink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of kthe sword that I am sending among you.’Jeremiah 51:20-23
20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:with you I lbreak nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces mthe old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces nthe young man and the young woman;
23with 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 ogovernors and commanders.
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