'Swept' in the Bible
At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
The river Kishon swept them away,the ancient river, the river Kishon.March on, my soul, in strength!
However, if you continue to do what is evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
David said to himself, “One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.”
Now men cannot even look at the sunwhen it is in the skies,after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
From the radiance of His presence,His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.
How suddenly they become a desolation!They come to an end, swept away by terrors.
Then the waters would have engulfed us;the torrent would have swept over us;
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,but without justice, it is swept away.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,and your sins like a mist.Return to Me,for I have redeemed you.
The righteous one perishes,and no one takes it to heart;faithful men are swept away,with no one realizingthat the righteous one is swept awayfrom the presence of evil.
How long will the land mournand the grass of every field wither?Because of the evil of its residents,animals and birds have been swept away,for the people have said,“He cannot see what our end will be.”
Why have your strong ones been swept away?Each has not stood,for the Lord has thrust him down.
A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.
Those who eat his provisions will destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
You threw me into the depths,into the heart of the seas,and the current overcame me.All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.