“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Mem
For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is sa
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devo
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou
“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness?
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distre
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidne
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-hacch
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will f
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the se
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end o