'By the Sword' in the Bible

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.

Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle.

I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me."