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Ezekiel 3:11
Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them,‘ This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.
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Ezekiel 33:17
“‘ Yet the children of your people say,“ The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
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Ezekiel 33:30
“ As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying,‘ Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’
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Zechariah 13:7
“ Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies.“ Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them,‘ This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”
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Ezekiel 14:17
“ Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,‘ Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;’
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Jeremiah 47:6-7
“‘ You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’“ How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.”
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Hosea 9:8
A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler’s snare is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.
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Jeremiah 12:12
Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No flesh has peace.
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Ezekiel 11:8
You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 21:9-16
“ Son of man, prophesy, and say,‘ Yahweh says:“ A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.”’Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.“ For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.“ You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together. Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the fatally wounded. It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, which enters into their rooms.I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
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Ezekiel 14:21
For the Lord Yahweh says:“ How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!
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Ezekiel 33:7
“ So you, son of man: I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me.
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2 Samuel 18 24-2 Samuel 18 27
Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said,“ If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, and said,“ Behold, a man running alone!” The king said,“ He also brings news.”The watchman said,“ I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said,“ He is a good man, and comes with good news.”
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Leviticus 26:25
I will bring a sword upon you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant. You will be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you. You will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
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Isaiah 21:6-9
For the Lord said to me,“ Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”He cried like a lion:“ Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered,“ Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
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Jeremiah 25:31
A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,”’ says Yahweh.”
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Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
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Ezekiel 33:12
“ You, son of man, tell the children of your people,‘ The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
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2 Kings 9 17-2 Kings 9 20
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said,“ I see a company.” Joram said,“ Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say,‘ Is it peace?’”So one went on horseback to meet him, and said,“ the king says,‘ Is it peace?’” Jehu said,“ What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said,“ The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said,“ The king says,‘ Is it peace?’” Jehu answered,“ What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”The watchman said,“ He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
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Isaiah 56:9-10
All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Jeremiah 15:2-3
It will happen, when they ask you,‘ Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them,‘ Yahweh says:“ Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’“ I will appoint over them four kinds,” says Yahweh:“ the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
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Ezekiel 6:3
and say,‘ You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys:“ Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
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Jeremiah 51:12
Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon! Make the watch strong! Set the watchmen, and prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
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Ezekiel 37:18
“ When the children of your people speak to you, saying,‘ Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’