Leviticus 26:33

26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword ¹  after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Deuteronomy 4:27

4:27 Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you ²  among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

28:64 The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 32:26

The Weakness of Other Gods

32:26 “I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. ³ 

I want to make people forget they ever existed.

Ezekiel 5:2

5:2 Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 5:12

5:12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. ⁴  A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, ⁵  and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 6:8

6:8 “‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 17:21

17:21 All the choice men ⁷  among his troops will die ⁸  by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Luke 21:24

21:24 They ⁹  will fall by the edge ¹⁰  of the sword and be led away as captives ¹¹  among all nations. Jerusalem ¹²  will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “and I will empty sword” (see HALOT 1228 s.v. ריק 3).

² tn Heb “you will be left men (i.e., few) of number.”

³ tc The LXX reads “I said I would scatter them.” This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT, CEV).

⁴ sn The judgment of plague and famine comes from the covenant curse (Lev 26:25-26). As in v. 10, the city of Jerusalem is figuratively addressed here.

⁵ sn Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15.

⁶ tn Heb “when you have fugitives from the sword among the nations, when you are scattered among the lands.”

⁷ tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).

⁸ tn Heb “fall.”

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁰ tn Grk “by the mouth of the sword” (an idiom for the edge of a sword).

¹¹ sn Here is the predicted judgment against the nation until the time of Gentile rule has passed: Its people will be led away as captives.

¹² tn Grk “And Jerusalem.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹³ sn Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled implies a time when Israel again has a central role in God’s plan.