<p class="poetry">&#8220;And you, son of man, prophesy,p> <p class="poetry">and clap your hands together.p> <p class="poetry">Let the sword strike twice, even three times!p> <p class="poetry">It is a sword for slaughter,p> <p class="poetry">a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.p>

I was consumed by scorching heat<n id="1" /> during the day and by piercing cold<n id="2" /> at night, and I went without sleep.<n id="3" />

I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword<n id="1" /> after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> your God will deliver it over to you<n id="1" /> and you must kill every single male by the sword.

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag&#8217;s people<n id="1" /> with the sword.

He inquired of the <sc>Lordsc> for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.&#8221;p>

The king ordered, &#8220;Get me a sword!&#8221; So they placed a sword before the king.

<p class="bodytext">The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.

<p class="poetry">He does not expect<n id="1" /> to escape from darkness;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is marked for the sword;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If his children increase &#8211; it is for the sword!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His offspring never have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Evil men draw their swordsp> <p class="poetry">and prepare their bows,p> <p class="poetry">to bring down<n id="1" /> the oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and to slaughter those who are godly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of them are skilled with a sword,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">well-trained in the art of warfare.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Each has his sword at his side,p> <p class="poetry">to guard against the terrors of the night.p>

<p class="poetry">But if you refuse and rebel,p> <p class="poetry">you will be devoured<n id="1" /> by the sword.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Know for certain that the <sc>Lordsc> has spoken.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">like heat<n id="1" /> in a dry land,p> <p class="poetry">you humble the boasting foreigners.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;p> <p class="poetry">such nations will be totally destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will rebuild the perpetual ruinsp> <p class="poetry">and restore the places that were desolate;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will reestablish the ruined cities,p> <p class="poetry">the places that have been desolate since ancient times.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not go out into the countryside.p> <p class="poetry">Do not travel on the roads.p> <p class="poetry">For the enemy is there with sword in hand.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They are spreading terror everywhere.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Israel who survivedp> <p class="poetry">death at the hands of the enemy<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will find favor in the wildernessp> <p class="poetry">as they journey to find rest for themselves.p>

<p class="poetry">How long will you cry out,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Oh, sword of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">how long will it be before you stop killing?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Go back into your sheath!p> <p class="poetry">Stay there and rest!&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia,p> <p class="poetry">against her leaders and her men of wisdom.p>