Psalm 35:5

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Summary

Psalm 35:5

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

As chaff

And

General references

Psalm 18:37

Bible References

As chaff

But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind.

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

The nations roar like the rushing of many waters, but the LORD will rebuke them, and they will run far away, chased like chaff blown down from the mountains or like thick dust that rolls along, blown along by a wind storm.

"But the hordes of your enemies will become like fine dust, and the hordes of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."

And

Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the camp of Israel, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,

After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

By faith he established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood to keep the destroyer of the firstborn from touching the people.

General references

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.