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Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,
"Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day.
Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Every one of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.
"when the Sabeans raided them and took them away - indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.
In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.
Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.
He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.