<p class="poetry">who says to the deep sea, &#8216;Be dry!p> <p class="poetry">I will dry up your sea currents,&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You<n id="1" /> Ethiopians<n id="2" /> will also die by my sword!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The enemy said, &#8216;I will chase,<n id="1" /> I will overtake,p> <p class="poetry">I will divide the spoil;p> <p class="poetry">my desire<n id="2" /> will be satisfied on them.p> <p class="poetry">I will draw<n id="3" /> my sword, my hand will destroy them.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,p> <p class="poetry">and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will execute vengeance on my foes,p> <p class="poetry">and repay those who hate me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, it now descends on Edom,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on the people I will annihilate in judgment.&#8221;p>

and say to them,<n id="1" /> &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: Look,<n id="2" /> I am against you.<n id="3" /> I will draw my sword<n id="4" /> from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.<n id="5" />

Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone<n id="1" /> from the south<n id="2" /> to the north.

Then everyone will know that I am the <sc>Lord,sc> who drew my sword from its sheath &#8211; it will not be sheathed again!&#8217;p>

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">I will shock many peoples with you,p> <p class="poetry">and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.p> <p class="poetry">When I brandish my sword before them,p> <p class="poetry">every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.p>

David said to Ahimelech, &#8220;Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don&#8217;t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king&#8217;s instructions.&#8221;p>

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.