The spoilers have come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD 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 appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

Therefore thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

If I shall whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword:

O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.

Or if I bring a sword upon 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, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

How long

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He will not see our last end.

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou wilt bid the people return from following their brethren?

Into

And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.

Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

Then said Jesus to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

General references

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?