Jeremiah 47:6

Oh, sword of the Lord!
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!

Jeremiah 12:12

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness
the destroyers have come,
for the Lord has a sword that devours
from one end of the earth to the other.
No one has peace.

Ezekiel 21:3-5

and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you.

Deuteronomy 32:41-42

when I sharpen My flashing sword,
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

1 Chronicles 21:27

Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

Psalm 17:13

Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the signal flag
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”

Jeremiah 15:3

“I will ordain four kinds of judgment for them”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land to devour and destroy.

Jeremiah 25:27

“Then you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,

Ezekiel 21:30

Return it to its sheath!

I will judge you
in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.

John 18:11

At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

General references

Bible References

Thou sword

Jeremiah 12:12
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness
the destroyers have come,
for the Lord has a sword that devours
from one end of the earth to the other.
No one has peace.
Jeremiah 15:3
“I will ordain four kinds of judgment for them”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.
Jeremiah 51:20
You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.
Deuteronomy 32:41
when I sharpen My flashing sword,
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Psalm 17:13
Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Ezekiel 14:17
“Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,
Ezekiel 21:3
and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you.

How long

Jeremiah 4:21
How long must I see the signal flag
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

Into

1 Chronicles 21:27
Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
Ezekiel 21:30
Return it to its sheath!

I will judge you
in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.
John 18:11
At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

General references

Psalm 114:5
Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?

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