“‘ Sword of the Lord!’ you cry out.‘ How long will it be until you rest? Return to the place you came from. Stop killing us! Be still!’

耶和华的刀剑哪，你到几时才止息呢？你要入鞘，安靖不动。

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才止息呢？要入鞘，安静不动。

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才止息呢？要入鞘，安静不动。

你们大喊，‘耶和华的刀啊，你何时才停下来呢？求你入鞘吧！停下来吧！’

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才可停下来呢？请你入鞘吧！休息静止吧！

耶和華的刀劍哪，你到幾時才止息呢？你要入鞘，安靖不動。

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才止息呢？要入鞘，安靜不動。

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才止息呢？要入鞘，安靜不動。

你們大喊，『耶和華的刀啊，你何時才停下來呢？求你入鞘吧！停下來吧！』

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才可停下來呢？請你入鞘吧！休息靜止吧！

哦，永恆主的刀劍哪，你到幾時才能安靜下來呢？你收入鞘，靜息不動吧！

耶和華之刃歟、爾將何時休息、其入於鞘、安然不動、

耶和華之劍、何時入鞘、鋒藏不試。

主之劍乎、爾行戮不息、何時方止、當入於鞘、安靖不動、

“‘ Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’

Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!

“ Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.

Oh, sword of the LORD! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!

Ah, sword of the Lord, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Rest and stay still.

“ O you sword of the Lord, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still!

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!

O thou sword of the LORD, how long[ will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

How long will you cry out,‘ Oh, sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’

“‘ You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’

Tell them,‘ The Lord says,“ I am against you. I will pull out my sword. I will remove from you godly people and sinful people alike.Because I am going to remove them, my sword will be ready to use. I will strike down everyone from south to north.Then all people will know that I have pulled out my sword. I will not put it back. I am the Lord.” ’

Many will come to destroy it. They will gather on the bare hilltops in the desert. I will use them as my sword to destroy my people. They will kill them from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

Ammon, return your sword to its place. In the land where you were created, I will judge you. That is where you came from.

Jesus commanded Peter,“ Put your sword away! Shouldn’t I drink the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

The Lord says,“ Tell them,‘ The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,“ Drink from this cup. Get drunk and throw up. Fall down and do not get up again. I am going to send war against you.” ’

Lord, rise up. Oppose them and bring them down. With your sword, save me from those evil people.

And you can be just as sure that I will sharpen my flashing sword. My hand will hold it when I judge. I will get even with my enemies. I will pay back those who hate me.I will make my arrows drip with blood. My sword will destroy people. It will kill some. It will even kill prisoners. It will cut off the heads of enemy leaders.”

“ Or suppose I send swords to kill the people in that country. And I say,‘ Let swords sweep all through the land.’ And I kill its people and their animals.

“ Babylon, you are my war club. You are my weapon for battle. I use you to destroy nations. I use you to wipe out kingdoms.I use you to destroy horses and their riders. I use you to destroy chariots and their drivers.I use you to destroy men and women. I use you to destroy old people and young people. I use you to destroy young men and young women.I use you to destroy shepherds and their flocks. I use you to destroy farmers and their oxen. I use you to destroy governors and officials.

Then the Lord spoke to the angel. And the angel put his sword away.

How long will the land be thirsty for water? How long will the grass in every field be dry? The people who live in the land are evil. So the animals and birds have died. And that’s not all. The people are saying,“ The Lord won’t see what happens to us.”

Abner called out to Joab,“ Do you want our swords to keep on killing us off? Don’t you know that all this fighting will end in bitter feelings? How long will it be before you order your men to stop chasing their fellow Israelites?”

The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.

How long must I look at our enemy’s battle flag? How long must I hear the sound of the trumpets?

Does an ax claim to be more important than the person who swings it? Does a saw brag that it is better than the one who uses it? That would be like a stick swinging the person who picks it up! It would be like a war club waving the one who carries it!

“ I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” announces the Lord.“ Swords will kill them. Dogs will drag them away. Birds will eat them up. And wild animals will destroy them.