Psalm 124:3

New Living Translation

They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.

Cross References

Esther 3:6

He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.

Psalm 27:2

When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

Psalm 35:25

Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”

Psalm 57:3

He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me. Interlude My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.

Psalm 74:8

Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!” So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.

Psalm 76:10

Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon.

Psalm 83:4

“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”

Psalm 83:5

Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you—

Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

Daniel 3:19

Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Matthew 2:16

Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

Acts 9:2

He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.