7 Bible Verses about Horrors Of War

David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.

He took the troops who were there and put them to work with saws, hoes, and axes. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. After that David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.

The Judeans captured another ten thousand alive. They took them to the top of a cliff, and threw them off the top of the cliff so that they were dismembered.

Every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.

Their infant children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped.

I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem as though it were water. There is no one to bury your people.