War will bring death in the streets; terrors will strike in the homes. Young men and young women will die; neither babies nor old people will be spared.

that I will sharpen my flashing sword and see that justice is done. I will take revenge on my enemies and punish those who hate me.

And so the LORD became furious with Israel and let raiders attack and rob them. He let the enemies all around overpower them, and the Israelites could no longer protect themselves.

Then the LORD gave the Israelites leaders who saved them from the raiders.

He was angry with his own people and let them be killed by their enemies.

Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

The LORD has prepared his sword in heaven, and now it will strike Edom, those people whom he has condemned to destruction.

His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The LORD will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have heard about, and I will send armies against them until I have completely destroyed them."

Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease."

Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, you know that the prophets are telling the people that there will be no war or starvation, because you have promised, they say, that there will be only peace in our land."

When they ask you where they should go, tell them that I have said: Some are doomed to die by disease--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to die in war--- that's where they will go! Some are doomed to die of starvation--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to be taken away as prisoners--- that's where they will go!

I will make all the people of the world horrified at them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh did in Jerusalem when he was king of Judah."

Young and old alike lie dead in the streets, Young men and women, killed by enemy swords. You slaughtered them without mercy on the day of your anger.

I will send hunger and wild animals to kill your children, and will send sickness, violence, and war to kill you. I, the LORD, have spoken."

Tell the mountains of Israel to hear the Sovereign LORD's word---to hear what I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling the mountains, the hills, the gorges, and the valleys: I will send a sword to destroy the places where people worship idols.

"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,

I will use my sword against everyone from south to north.

"Mortal man, groan as if your heart is breaking with despair. Groan in sorrow where everyone can watch you.

The LORD said to me,

It is sharpened to kill, polished to flash like lightning. There can be no rejoicing, for my people have disregarded every warning and punishment.

Howl in grief, mortal man; this sword is meant for my people and for all the leaders of Israel. They are going to be killed with all the rest of my people. Beat your breast in despair!

"Now, mortal man, prophesy. Clap your hands, and the sword will strike again and again. It is a sword that kills, a sword that terrifies and slaughters.

Cut to the right and the left, you sharp sword! Cut wherever you turn.

Now then, I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you that I will have troops attack you with swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.

"Mortal man," he said, "tell your people what happens when I bring war to a land. The people of that country choose one of their number to be a lookout.

The LORD will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.

LORD, you are a God who punishes; reveal your anger!

"I will take firm control of you and make you obey my covenant.

Anyone who disobeys the Law of Moses is put to death without any mercy when judged guilty from the evidence of two or more witnesses.

For we know who said, "I will take revenge, I will repay"; and who also said, "The Lord will judge his people."

I will send an epidemic and destroy them, but I will make you the father of a nation that is larger and more powerful than they are!"

The number of people who died was 14,700, not counting those who died in Korah's rebellion.

He will send disease after disease on you until there is not one of you left in the land that you are about to occupy.

So the LORD sent an epidemic on Israel, which lasted from that morning until the time that he had chosen. From one end of the country to the other seventy thousand Israelites died.

Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease."

I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until there is not one of them left in the land that I gave to them and their ancestors."

The LORD Almighty says, 'I am bringing war, starvation, and disease on them, and I will make them like figs that are too rotten to be eaten.

I will pursue them with war, starvation, and disease, and all the nations of the world will be horrified at what they see. Everywhere I scatter them, people will be shocked and terrified at what has happened to them. People will make fun of them and use their name as a curse.

"I sent a plague on you like the one I sent on Egypt. I killed your young men in battle and took your horses away. I filled your nostrils with the stink of dead bodies in your camps. Still you did not come back to me.

There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky.