The ravagers have come on all high places through the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No flesh shall have peace.

And I will set over them four kinds, says Jehovah; the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

So you shall say to them, So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

You are My war-club and weapons of war; for with you I will shatter nations; and with you I will destroy kingdoms.

If I sharpen My glittering sword, and if My hand takes hold in judgment, I will give vengeance to My enemies and will reward those that hate Me.

Arise, O Jehovah, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My fury.

Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it;

And say to the land of Israel, So says Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, and will draw out My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

How long

How long shall I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?

How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds have been destroyed, because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?

Into

And Jehovah commanded the angel, and he put up his sword again into its sheath.

Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Then Jesus said to Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath. The cup which My Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?

General references

What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back,