If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;