the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

In famine He will redeem you from death,
and in battle, from the power of the sword.

He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;
he is destined for the sword.

then be afraid of the sword,
because wrath brings punishment by the sword,
so that you may know there is a judgment.

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.

He is the foremost of God’s works;
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.