Isaiah 31:8

New Century Version

“Assyria will be defeated by a sword, but not the sword of a person; Assyria will be destroyed, but not by a person’s sword. Assyria will run away from the sword of God, but its young men will be caught and made slaves.

Cross References

Genesis 49:15

When he sees his resting place is good and how pleasant his land is, he will put his back to the load and become a slave.

2 Chronicles 32:21

Then the Lord sent an angel who killed all the soldiers, leaders, and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king went back to his own country in disgrace. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword.

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord finishes doing what he planned to Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish Assyria. The king of Assyria is very proud, and his pride has made him do these evil things, so God will punish him.

Isaiah 10:25

After a short time my anger against you will stop, and then I will turn my anger to destroying them.”

Isaiah 14:2

Nations will take the Israelites back to their land. Then those men and women from the other nations will become slaves to Israel in the Lord’s land. In the past the Israelites were their slaves, but now the Israelites will defeat those nations and rule over them.

Isaiah 14:25

I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country; I will trample him on my mountains. He placed a heavy load on my people, but that weight will be removed.

Isaiah 17:13

The people roar like the waves, but when God speaks harshly to them, they will run away. They will be like chaff on the hills being blown by the wind, or like tumbleweeds blown away by a storm.

Isaiah 21:15

They were running from swords, from swords ready to kill, from bows ready to shoot, from a hard battle.

Isaiah 27:7

The Lord has not hurt his people as he hurt their enemies; his people have not been killed like those who tried to kill them.

Isaiah 29:5

Your many enemies will become like fine dust; the many cruel people will be like chaff that is blown away. Everything will happen very quickly.

Isaiah 33:1

How terrible it will be for you who destroy others but have not been destroyed yet. How terrible it will be for you, traitor, whom no one has turned against yet. When you stop destroying, others will destroy you. When you stop turning against others, they will turn against you.

Isaiah 37:7

Listen! I am going to put a spirit in the king of Assyria. He will hear a report that will make him return to his own country, and I will cause him to die by the sword there.’ ”

Isaiah 66:16

The Lord will judge the people with fire, and he will destroy many people with his sword; he will kill many people.

Jeremiah 46:10

“But that day belongs to the Lord God All-Powerful. At that time he will give those people the punishment they deserve. The sword will kill until it is finished, until it satisfies its thirst for their blood. The Lord God All-Powerful will offer a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.

Ezekiel 21:28

“And you, human, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord God says about the people of Ammon and their insults: A sword, a sword is pulled out of its holder. It is polished to kill and destroy, to flash like lightning!

Hosea 1:7

But I will show pity to the people of Judah. I will save them, but not by using bows or swords, horses or horsemen, or weapons of war. I, the Lord their God, will save them.”