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Lexicon :: Strong's H2719 - ḥereḇ

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חֶרֶב
Transliteration
ḥereḇ
Pronunciation
kheh'-reb
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 732a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x

The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x
The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).

  1. sword, knife

    1. sword

    2. knife

    3. tools for cutting stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
STRONGS H2719: Abbreviations
חֶ֫רֶב 411 noun feminineIsaiah 21:15 sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא, axBrfo, Zinjirli חרב; Arabic حَرْبَةً dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 + 13 times; חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 + 7 times; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23 + 24 times; חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30; Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15; Psalm 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 + 5 times; construct חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 + 2 times; suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4 + 5 times; חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 + 2 times; —
1. a. sword, as weapon of war Genesis 48:22 (E), Judges 7:14, 20; 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ ח׳ Judges 3:16, compare פִּיּוֹת ח׳ Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ Psalm 149:6; see also צוּר ח׳ edge of sword Psalm 89:44.
b. gird on sword ＝חָגַר הח׳ 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times in verse); Psalm 45:4 (הח׳ ח׳ עַל יָרֵך), שִׂים על ירך Exodus 32:27, compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8.
c. draw the sword הֵרִיק הח׳ Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 28:7, הוציא הח׳ Ezekiel 21:8; Ezekiel 21:10, פתח הח׳ Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33, נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che לטשׁ see below); usually שׁלף הח׳ Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; Judges 8:10, 20; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 31:4 ＝1 Chronicles 10:4; 1 Chronicles 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors שֹׁלֵף ח׳ Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse); וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח׳ 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in || 1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr).
d. whet, sharpen the sword לטשׁ הח׳ Psalm 7:13 (compare Isaiah 21:15 above), but also שׁנן Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4, הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:16.
e. put up the sword into the sheath אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ הֵשִׁיב הח׳ 1 Chronicles 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8).
f. slay with sword הרג בח׳ Joshua 10:11; Joshua 13:22 +; in ימותו אנשׁים 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; rarely הכה בח׳ Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37 ＝Isaiah 37:38; very often הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ׳ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) ＝without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 13:16; a Deuteronomy 20:13; Joshua 11:11, 12, 14 (all D) Judges 18:27; Judges 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17; also with העיר as sole object Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, compare Joshua 10:39; Joshua 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; Judges 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; הרג לפיחֿ׳ Genesis 34:26 (J); החרים לפיחֿ׳ Deuteronomy 13:16b (including הָעִיר in object), Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8, חלשׁ לפיחֿ׳ Exodus 17:13 (E); נפל לפיחֿ׳ Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16; לפי־ח׳֗֗֗ י׳וַיָּהָם Judges 4:15; — (לפיחֿ׳ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 times), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
g. אכלה הח׳ etc., of the sword as devouring: — תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry), 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Samuel 18:8; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14.
h. slain by sword is חֲלַלחִֿ׳ Numbers 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, חַלְלֵיחֿ׳ Ezekiel 31:17, 18; Ezekiel 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; Ezekiel 35:8 מְחֻלְלֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 35:26 < Co חלליחֿ׳ (on text of Ezekiel 32:20, 22, 31 see Co).
i. שְׁבֻיוֺת ח׳ Genesis 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword.
j. sword frequently agent of י׳ Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 47:6 etc., — so Deuteronomy 28:22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare on other hand 1 Samuel 17:47); note especially Genesis 3:24 הח׳לַהַט הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת; in poetry לַהַכ ח׳ Nahum 3:3, בְּרַק ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:41.
k. ח׳ figurative of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare Psalm 59:8; figurative of violence war, etc., Genesis 27:40; in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).
2. knife צֻרִים ח׳ flint knives for use in circumcision Joshua 5:2, 3(see WeSkizzen iii, 166); Ezekiel 5:1, 2חַדָּה תַּעַר ח׳ הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).
3. of tools used in hewing stone חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה Exodus 20:25; יִתֹּץ בח׳ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most ＝tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare Psalm 109:10; see חָרְבָּה below II. חרב (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate omit חרב).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 27:40; 27:40; 31:26; 34:26; 48:22

Exodus

15:9; 15:9; 17:13; 17:13; 20:25; 32:27

Leviticus

26:33

Numbers

19:16; 21:24; 22:23; 22:23; 22:31

Deuteronomy

13:16; 13:16; 20:13; 28:22; 32:41; 32:41; 32:42; 33:29

Joshua

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:13; 6:21; 8:24; 8:24; 10:11; 10:28; 10:30; 10:32; 10:35; 10:37; 10:39; 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:14; 13:22; 19:47

Judges

1:8; 1:25; 3:16; 3:22; 4:15; 4:16; 7:14; 7:20; 7:20; 8:10; 8:20; 9:54; 18:27; 20:2; 20:15; 20:17; 20:25; 20:35; 20:37; 20:46; 21:10

1 Samuel

2:33; 15:8; 17:33; 17:39; 17:47; 17:51; 21:9; 22:19; 25:13; 31:4

2 Samuel

2:26; 2:26; 11:25; 11:25; 15:14; 18:8; 20:8; 20:8; 23:10; 24:9

1 Kings

10:25

2 Kings

3:26; 19:37

1 Chronicles

10:4; 11:13; 21:5; 21:16; 21:27

2 Chronicles

34:6

Job

1:15; 1:17

Psalms

7:13; 17:13; 37:14; 37:15; 44:4; 45:4; 57:5; 59:8; 64:4; 89:44; 109:10; 149:6

Proverbs

5:4; 5:4

Isaiah

1:10; 2:4; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 34:6; 37:38

Jeremiah

2:30; 2:30; 12:12; 46:10; 46:14; 47:6; 47:6

Ezekiel

5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:12; 12:14; 21:8; 21:8; 21:10; 21:14; 21:16; 26:9; 26:9; 28:7; 31:17; 31:18; 32:20; 32:21; 32:22; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:31; 32:32; 33:26; 35:8

Micah

4:3

Nahum

3:3

H2719

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Strong's Number H2719 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶב (ḥereḇ),
which occurs 91 times in 79 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Eze 5:1–Eze 31:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor to shave your head and your beard. Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the LORD have spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “ ‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - “ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:15 - Outside is the sword; inside are plague and famine. Those in the country will die by the sword; those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8 - You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - I will scatter to the winds all those around him—his staff and all his troops—and I will pursue them with drawn sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine and plague, so that in the nations where they go they may acknowledge all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - “Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:40 - They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:21 - All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to her: ‘This is what the LORD says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5 - Then all people will know that I the LORD have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “ ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - “ ‘The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped with the hand; it is sharpened and polished, made ready for the hand of the slayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with my people. Therefore beat your breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - “So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter— a sword for great slaughter, closing in on them from every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - So that hearts may melt with fear and the fallen be many, I have stationed the sword for slaughter[fn] at all their gates. Look! It is forged to strike like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost where the road branches off to the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says about the Ammonites and their insults: “ ‘A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25 - I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and kill both man and beast. I will lay it waste, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:6 - and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 - He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23 - I will send a plague upon you and make blood flow in your streets. The slain will fall within you, with the sword against you on every side. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will come upon Cush.[fn] When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried away and her foundations torn down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - “ ‘This is what the LORD says: “ ‘The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her,

declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his army—the most ruthless of nations— will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17 - The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25 - I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

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