You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- KJV Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
- NKJV You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.
- NASB You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares.
- NLT I will bring on you the sword of war you so greatly fear, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Quick answer
God declares that the sword they feared He will bring upon them. It announces that their dreaded judgment will indeed come.
Overview
Their fear of the sword will be realized precisely because they refused to repent. God's word ensures that the judgment they dreaded is now decreed. There is no escaping the consequences of persistent rebellion. Yet the same God who brings the sword in justice offers refuge from wrath to all who turn to Him through Christ.
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Cross-references · 12
- Prov 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Job 3:25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
- Isa 24:17–18Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Isa 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Jer 42:14–16and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
- Amos 9:1–4I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- Jer 44:12–13And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
- Jer 38:19–23But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
- Isa 30:16–17“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- John 11:48If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
- Job 20:24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- 1 Th 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
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