Zechariah 9:13

New International Reader's Version

I will bend Judah as I bend my bow. I will make Ephraim’s people my arrows. Zion, I will stir up your sons. Greece, they will attack your sons. My people, I will use you as my sword.”

Cross References

Psalm 144:1

Give praise to the Lord, my Rock. He trains my hands for war. He trains my fingers for battle.

Psalm 149:6

May they praise God with their mouths. May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges.

Psalm 45:3

Mighty one, put your sword at your side. Put on glory and majesty as if they were your clothes.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow. He took good care of me and kept me safe.

Jeremiah 51:20

“Babylon, you are my war club. You are my weapon for battle. I use you to destroy nations. I use you to wipe out kingdoms.

Lamentations 4:2

The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.

Amos 2:11

I raised up prophets from among your children. I also set apart for myself some of your young people to be Nazirites. Isn’t that true, people of Israel?” announces the Lord.

Obadiah 1:21

Leaders from Mount Zion will go and rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.

Zechariah 1:21

I asked, “What are they coming to do?” He answered, “The horns are the powerful nations that scattered the people of Judah. That made Judah helpless. But these four skilled workers have come to terrify the horns. The workers will destroy the power of those nations. Those nations had used their power to scatter Judah’s people.”

Ephesians 6:17

Put on the helmet of salvation. And take the sword of the Holy Spirit. The sword is God’s word.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Revelation 1:16

He held seven stars in his right hand. Coming out of his mouth was a sharp sword with two edges. His face was like the sun shining in all its brightness.

Revelation 17:14

They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will have victory over them. That’s because he is the most powerful Lord of all and the greatest King of all. His appointed, chosen and faithful followers will be with him.”

Revelation 19:15

Coming out of the rider’s mouth is a sharp sword. He will strike down the nations with the sword. Scripture says, “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” (Psalm 2:9) He stomps on the grapes of God’s winepress. The winepress stands for the terrible anger of the God who rules over all.

Revelation 19:21

The rest were killed by the sword that came out of the rider’s mouth. All the birds stuffed themselves with the dead bodies.

Revelation 2:12

“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Pergamum. Here are the words of Jesus, who has the sharp sword with two edges. He says,