For I will bendJudahas My bow,I will fillthe bowwith Ephraim.And I will stirup your sons,O Zion,againstyour sons,O Greece;And I will makeyou like a warrior'ssword.
Blessedbe the LORD,my rock,Who trainsmy handsfor war,[And] my fingersfor battle;
[Let] the highpraisesof God[be] in their mouth,And a two-edgedswordin their hand,
GirdYour swordon [Your] thigh,O MightyOne,[In] Your splendorand Your majesty!
He has madeMy mouthlike a sharpsword,In the shadowof His handHe has concealedMe; And He has also madeMe a selectarrow,He has hiddenMe in His quiver.
[He says], "You are My war-club,[My] weaponof war;And with you I shatternations,And with you I destroykingdoms.
The precioussonsof Zion,Weighedagainst finegold,Howthey are regardedas earthenjars,The workof a potter'shands!
"Then I raisedup someof your sonsto be prophetsAnd someof your youngmento be Nazirites.Is thisnot so,O sonsof Israel?"declaresthe LORD.
The delivererswill ascendMountZionTo judgethe mountainof Esau,And the kingdomwill be the LORD'S.
I said,"Whatare thesecomingto do?"And he said,"Theseare the hornswhichhave scatteredJudahsothat nomanliftsup his head;but these[craftsmen] have cometo terrifythem, to throwdownthe hornsof the nationswho have liftedup [their] hornsagainstthe landof Judahin order to scatterit."
And takeTHE HELMETOF SALVATION,and the swordof the Spirit,whichis the wordof God.
I have foughtthe goodfight,I have finishedthe course,I have keptthe faith;
For the wordof Godis livingand activeand sharperthananytwo-edgedsword,and piercingas faras the divisionof souland spirit,of bothjointsand marrow,and able to judgethe thoughtsand intentionsof the heart.
In His righthandHe heldsevenstars,and out of His mouthcamea sharptwo-edgedsword;and His facewas likethe sunshiningin its strength.
"Thesewill wage waragainstthe Lamb,and the Lambwill overcomethem, becauseHe is Lordof lordsand Kingof kings,and thosewhoare with Him [are the] calledand chosenand faithful."
From His mouthcomesa sharpsword,sothat with it He may strike downthe nations,and He will rulethem with a rodof iron;and He treadsthe winepressof the fiercewrathof God,the Almighty.
And the restwere killedwith the swordwhich camefrom the mouthof Him who saton the horse,and allthe birdswere filledwith their flesh.
"And to the angelof the churchin Pergamumwrite:The One who hasthe sharptwo-edgedswordsaysthis:
