25 And I shall certainly bring upon YOU a sword wreaking vengeance+ for the covenant;+ and YOU will indeed gather yourselves into YOUR cities, and I shall certainly send pestilence into the midst of YOU,+ and YOU must be given into the hand of an enemy.+

31 “‘A noise will certainly come clear to the farthest part* of the earth, for there is a controversy that Jehovah has with the nations.+ He must personally put himself in judgment with all flesh.+ As regards the wicked ones, he must give them to the sword,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah.

3 And you must say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah:+ This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said to the mountains and to the hills,+ to the streambeds and to the valleys: “Here I am! I am bringing upon YOU a sword, and I shall certainly destroy YOUR high places.+

17 “‘Or were it a sword that I should bring upon that land,+ and should I actually say: “Let a sword itself pass through the land,” and should I actually cut off from it earthling man* and domestic animal,+

9 “Son of man, prophesy, and you must say, ‘This is what Jehovah* has said: “Say, ‘A sword, a sword!+ It has been sharpened,+ and it is also polished.