Psalms 2:5

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:

A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:

For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. A bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’

“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,

He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”

Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

It will happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

“I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.

The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

“In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands.

Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.

A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”

When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’ ”

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.