Deu 32:41-42, Psa 17:13, Isa 10:5-6, 15, Zep 2:12 | ESV | STEP | if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment , I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:41-42

41 if 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.
42 I 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 10:5-6

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^ethe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a ^fgodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^gspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^htread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 10:15

15 Shall ⁱthe 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!

Zephaniah 2:12

12 ^jYou also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.