28:7 I am about to bring foreigners
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,
and they will defile your splendor.
32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –
all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.
They will devastate the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
“Look how the oppressor has met his end!
Hostility
14:5 The Lord has broken the club of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers.
14:6 It
with unceasing blows.
It angrily ruled over nations,
oppressing them without restraint.
51:20 “Babylon,
my weapon for battle.
I used you to smash nations.
I used you to destroy kingdoms.
51:21 I used you to smash horses and their riders.
I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.
51:22 I used you to smash men and women.
I used you to smash old men and young men.
I used you to smash young men and young women.
51:23 I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks.
I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen.
I used you to smash governors and leaders.”
1:6 Look, I am about to empower
that ruthless
They sweep across the surface
seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
1:7 They are frightening and terrifying;
they decide for themselves what is right.
1:8 Their horses are faster than leopards
and more alert
Their horses
their horses come a great distance;
like a vulture
1:9 All of them intend
every face is determined.
They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.