Ezekiel 21:3

New Century Version

Say to Israel: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will pull my sword out of its holder, and I will cut off from you both the wicked and those who do right.

Cross References

Job 9:22

It is all the same. That is why I say, ‘God destroys both the innocent and the guilty.’

Psalm 17:13

Lord, rise up, face the enemy, and throw them down. Save me from the wicked with your sword.

Psalm 80:17

With your hand, strengthen the one you have chosen for yourself.

Psalm 83:15

Chase them with your storm, and frighten them with your wind.

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy bragged, ‘I’ll chase them and catch them. I’ll take all their riches; I’ll take all I want. I’ll pull out my sword, and my hand will destroy them.’

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Good and bad people end up the same— those who are right and those who are wrong, those who are good and those who are evil, those who are clean and those who are unclean, those who sacrifice and those who do not. The same things happen to a good person as happen to a sinner, to a person who makes promises to God and to one who does not.

Isaiah 10:5

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

Isaiah 34:5

The Lord’s sword in the sky is covered with blood. It will cut through Edom and destroy those people as an offering to the Lord.

Isaiah 57:1

Those who are right with God may die, but no one pays attention. Good people are taken away, but no one understands. Those who do right are being taken away from evil

Jeremiah 17:27

But you must obey me and keep the Sabbath day as a holy day. You must not carry any loads into Jerusalem on the Sabbath. If you don’t obey me, I will start a fire at the gates of Jerusalem, and it will burn until it burns even the strong towers. And it will not be put out.’ ”

Jeremiah 21:13

“ ‘Jerusalem, I am against you, you who live on top of the mountain over this valley, says the Lord. You say, “No one can attack us or come into our strong city.”

Jeremiah 21:14

But I will give you the punishment you deserve, says the Lord. I will start a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you!’ ”

Jeremiah 50:31

“Babylon, you are too proud, and I am against you,” says the Lord God All-Powerful. “The time has come for you to be punished.

Jeremiah 51:20

“You are my war club, my battle weapon. I use you to smash nations. I use you to destroy kingdoms.

Jeremiah 51:25

The Lord says, “Babylon, you are a destroying mountain, and I am against you. You have destroyed the whole land. I will put my hand out against you. I will roll you off the cliffs, and I will make you a burned-out mountain.

Ezekiel 13:8

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: Because you prophets spoke things that are false and saw visions that do not come true, I am against you, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or I might bring a war against that country. I might say, ‘Let a war be fought in that land,’ in this way destroying its people and its animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

“This is what the Lord God says: My plans for Jerusalem are much worse! I will send my four terrible punishments against it—war, hunger, wild animals, and disease—to destroy its people and animals.

Ezekiel 21:19

“Human, mark two roads that the king of Babylon and his sword can follow. Both of these roads will start from the same country. And make signs where the road divides and one way goes toward the city.

Ezekiel 24:9

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: How terrible it will be for the city of murderers! I myself will pile the wood high for burning.

Ezekiel 26:3

So this is what the Lord God says: I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations against you, like the sea beating its waves on your island shores.

Ezekiel 29:10

I am against you and your rivers. I will destroy the land of Egypt and make it an empty desert from Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all the way to the border of Cush.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die by disease or be destroyed by hunger inside your walls. A third will fall dead by the sword outside your walls. And a third I will scatter in every direction as I chase them with a sword.

Ezekiel 5:8

“So this is what the Lord God says: I myself am against you, and I will punish you as the nations watch.

Leviticus 26:25

You broke my agreement, and I will punish you. I will bring armies against you, and if you go into your cities for safety, I will cause diseases to spread among you so that your enemy will defeat you.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations, and I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty, your cities a waste.

Amos 5:6

Come to the Lord and live, or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph. The fire will burn Bethel, and there will be no one to put it out.

Amos 7:4

This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord God was calling for fire to come down like rain. It burned up the deep water and was going to burn up the land.

Nahum 2:13

“I am against you, Nineveh,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will kill your young lions. I will stop you from hunting down others on the earth, and your messengers’ voices will no longer be heard.”

Nahum 3:5

“I am against you, Nineveh,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “I will pull your dress up over your face and show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

Zephaniah 2:12

“You Cushites also will be killed by my sword.”

Zechariah 13:7

“Sword, hit the shepherd. Attack the man who is my friend,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “Kill the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter, and I will punish the little ones.”