Jeremiah 48:10

New Century Version

A curse will be on anyone who doesn’t do what the Lord says, and a curse will be on anyone who holds back his sword from killing.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:39

As Ahab king of Israel passed by, the prophet called out to him. “I went to fight in the battle,” the prophet said. “One of our men brought an enemy soldier to me. Our man said, ‘Guard this man. If he runs away, you will have to give your life in his place. Or, you will have to pay a fine of seventy-five pounds of silver.’

1 Kings 20:40

But I was busy doing other things, so the man ran away.” The king of Israel answered, “You have already said what the punishment is. You must do what the man said.”

1 Kings 20:42

The prophet said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You freed the man I said should die, so your life will be taken instead of his. The lives of your people will also be taken instead of the lives of his people.’ ”

2 Kings 13:19

The man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck five or six times!” Elisha said. “Then you would have struck Aram until you had completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”

Jeremiah 11:3

Tell them this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the person who does not obey the words of this agreement

Jeremiah 47:6

“You cry, ‘Sword of the Lord, how long will you keep fighting? Return to your holder. Stop and be still.’

Jeremiah 47:7

But how can his sword rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the seacoast.”

Jeremiah 50:25

The Lord has opened up his storeroom and brought out the weapons of his anger, because the Lord God All-Powerful has work to do in the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all the young men in Babylon; let them be killed like animals. How terrible it will be for them, because the time has come for their defeat; it is time for them to be punished.

Joshua 10:19

but don’t stay there yourselves. Continue chasing the enemy and attacking them from behind. Don’t let them get to their cities, because the Lord your God will hand them over to you.”

Judges 5:23

‘May the town of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Bitterly curse its people, because they did not come to help the Lord. They did not fight the strong enemy.’

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go, attack the Amalekites and destroy everything they own as an offering to the Lord. Don’t let anything live. Put to death men and women, children and small babies, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and the army let Agag live, along with the best sheep, fat cattle, and lambs. They let every good animal live, because they did not want to destroy them. But when they found an animal that was weak or useless, they killed it.