Ezekiel 21:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter, it is polished to glitter and to flash like lightning—

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged; he gave them all into his hand.

Isaiah 31:8

“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

Jeremiah 12:12

Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come; for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated, and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour round about you.’

Ezekiel 17:13

And he took one of the seed royal and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. (The chief men of the land he had taken away,

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can a man escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

Ezekiel 21:20

mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah and to Jerusalem the fortified.

Ezekiel 36:15

and I will not let you hear any more the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, says the Lord God.”

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibe-ah: he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins.