18 Bible Verses about Those Who Destroy

He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.

Not a town will escape the destruction. Both valley and plain will be ruined. I Jehovah have spoken.

Terrifying sounds fill his ears. When all seems well, marauders attack him.

O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Their widows will be more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashore. At noontime I will send a destroyer against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring anguish and terror to them.

Across the entire desert highlands people have come to plunder. Jehovah has sent war to destroy the entire land. No one can live in peace.

I created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. I also created the destroyer who will work havoc.

I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choicest cedars and throw them on the fire.

Your children will hurry back. Those who destroyed you and laid you waste will leave you.

You will feel my anger when I turn it loose on you like a blazing fire. And I will hand you over to brutal men, experts at destruction.

Jehovah will restore the pride of Jacob just like the pride of Israel. The devastators have emptied them out and destroyed their vine-branches.

The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place and is on his way to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined. No one will live in them.

Then heaven and earth and everything in them will rejoice over Babylon. Destroyers from the north will attack it, declares Jehovah.

The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. But destroyers will still come from me against them, declares Jehovah.

Jehovah says: I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylon and its people.

A destroyer will attack Babylon, its soldiers will be captured, and their bows and arrows will be broken. I Jehovah am a God who punishes evil. I will certainly punish them.

God shouted with a loud voice: Come here, you men who are going to punish the city. Bring your weapons with you!