Jeremiah 48:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ (Cursed is he who is slack in doing the work of יהוה, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from blood).

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently [with slackness, deceitfully]; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood [in executing judgment pronounced by the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Cursed is the one who is halfhearted in doing the LORD’s work. Cursed is the one who restrains the sword from bloodshed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed is he who prohibits his sword from blood.

Jeremiah 48:10 Cross References

1 Kings 20:39

And as the sovereign passed by, he cried out to the sovereign and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle. And see, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man. If he should in any way be missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

1 Kings 20:40

“And it came to be, while your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 20:42

And he said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I put under the ban, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”

2 Kings 13:19

And the man of Elohim was wroth with him and said, “You should have smitten five or six times, then you would have smitten Aram till its utter destruction. But now you shall smite Aram only three times.”

Jeremiah 11:3

“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 47:6

“O you sword of יהוה, how long till you rest? Put yourself up into your sheath, rest and be still!

Jeremiah 47:7

“How shall it rest, when יהוה  has given it a command? Against Ashqelon and against the seashore – there He has appointed it.”

Jeremiah 50:25

יהוה  has opened His armoury, and has brought out the weapons of His displeasure, for the Master Elohim of hosts has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 50:27

Slay all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.

Joshua 10:19

“And you, do not stand still, but pursue your enemies. And you shall smite them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for יהוה  your Elohim has given them into your hand.”

Judges 5:23

‘Curse Mĕ

1 Samuel 15:3

‘Now go, and you shall smite Amalĕ

1 Samuel 15:9

But Sha’ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.