Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, including women and children.

The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.

Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

He says, “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

All this will happen because the Lord said, “The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.

Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

ח (Khet) The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.

Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.