Song Of The Sword

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and 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.

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

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. — read the full passage →

“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.

An oracle. Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says: — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. — read the full passage →

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence, — read the full passage →

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. — read the full passage →

Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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

above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.

His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,

As time passed, Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.