Verse 12

Either three{H7969} years{H8141}' famine{H7458}; or three{H7969} months{H2320} to be destroyed{H5595}{(H8737)} before{H6440} thy foes{H6862}, while that the sword{H2719} of thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} overtaketh{H5381}{(H8688)} thee; or{H518} else three{H7969} days{H3117} the sword{H2719} of the LORD{H3068}, even the pestilence{H1698}, in the land{H776}, and the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} destroying{H7843}{(H8688)} throughout all the coasts{H1366} of Israel{H3478}. Now therefore advise{H7200}{(H8798)} thyself what word{H1697} I shall bring again{H7725}{(H8686)} to him that sent{H7971}{(H8802)} me.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD{H3068} will pass through{H5674}{(H8804)} to smite{H5062}{(H8800)} the Egyptians{H4714}; and when he seeth{H7200}{(H8804)} the blood{H1818} upon the lintel{H4947}, and on the two{H8147} side posts{H4201}, the LORD{H3068} will pass over{H6452}{(H8804)} the door{H6607}, and will not suffer{H5414}{(H8799)} the destroyer{H7843}{(H8688)} to come{H935}{(H8800)} in unto your houses{H1004} to smite{H5062}{(H8800)} you.
  • Lev 26:10 : 10 And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} old store{H3462}{(H8737)}, and bring forth{H3318}{(H8686)} the old{H3465} because{H6440} of the new{H2319}.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set{H5414}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against you, and ye shall be slain{H5062}{(H8738)} before{H6440} your enemies{H341}{(H8802)}: they that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} you shall reign{H7287}{(H8804)} over you; and ye shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)} when none pursueth{H7291}{(H8802)} you.
  • Lev 26:25-29 : 25 And I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} a sword{H2719} upon you, that shall avenge{H5358}{(H8802)} the quarrel{H5359} of my covenant{H1285}: and when ye are gathered together{H622}{(H8738)} within{H413} your cities{H5892}, I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} the pestilence{H1698} among{H8432} you; and ye shall be delivered{H5414}{(H8738)} into the hand{H3027} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}. 26 And when I have broken{H7665}{(H8800)} the staff{H4294} of your bread{H3899}, ten{H6235} women{H802} shall bake{H644}{(H8804)} your bread{H3899} in one{H259} oven{H8574}, and they shall deliver{H7725} you your bread{H3899} again{H7725}{(H8689)} by weight{H4948}: and ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)}, and not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}. 27 And if ye will not for all this{H2063} hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto me, but walk{H1980}{(H8804)} contrary{H7147} unto me; 28 Then I will walk{H1980}{(H8804)} contrary{H7147} unto you also in fury{H2534}; and I, even{H637} I, will chastise{H3256}{(H8765)} you seven times{H7651} for your sins{H2403}. 29 And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H1320} of your sons{H1121}, and the flesh{H1320} of your daughters{H1323} shall ye eat{H398}{(H8799)}.
  • Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And upon them that are left{H7604}{(H8737)} alive of you I will send{H935}{(H8689)} a faintness{H4816} into their hearts{H3824} in the lands{H776} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}; and the sound{H6963} of a shaken{H5086}{(H8737)} leaf{H5929} shall chase{H7291}{(H8804)} them; and they shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)}, as fleeing{H4499} from a sword{H2719}; and they shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)} when none pursueth{H7291}{(H8802)}. 37 And they shall fall{H3782}{(H8804)} one{H376} upon another{H251}, as it were before{H6440} a sword{H2719}, when none pursueth{H7291}{(H8802)}: and ye shall have no power to stand{H8617} before{H6440} your enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.
  • Deut 28:15 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, to observe{H8104}{(H8800)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}; that all these curses{H7045} shall come{H935}{(H8804)} upon thee, and overtake{H5381}{(H8689)} thee:
  • Deut 28:22 : 22 The LORD{H3068} shall smite{H5221}{(H8686)} thee with a consumption{H7829}, and with a fever{H6920}, and with an inflammation{H1816}, and with an extreme burning{H2746}, and with the sword{H2719}, and with blasting{H7711}, and with mildew{H3420}; and they shall pursue{H7291}{(H8804)} thee until thou perish{H6}{(H8800)}.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD{H3068} shall cause{H5414}{(H8799)} thee to be smitten{H5062}{(H8737)} before{H6440} thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}: thou shalt go out{H3318}{(H8799)} one{H259} way{H1870} against them, and flee{H5127}{(H8799)} seven{H7651} ways{H1870} before{H6440} them: and shalt be removed{H2189} into all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776}.
  • Deut 28:27 : 27 The LORD{H3068} will smite{H5221}{(H8686)} thee with the botch{H7822} of Egypt{H4714}, and with the emerods{H2914}{(H8675)}{H6076}, and with the scab{H1618}, and with the itch{H2775}, whereof thou canst{H3201}{(H8799)} not be healed{H7495}{(H8736)}.
  • Deut 28:35 : 35 The LORD{H3068} shall smite{H5221}{(H8686)} thee in the knees{H1290}, and in the legs{H7785}, with a sore{H7451} botch{H7822} that cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} be healed{H7495}{(H8736)}, from the sole{H3709} of thy foot{H7272} unto the top of thy head{H6936}.
  • Deut 28:51-52 : 51 And he shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} the fruit{H6529} of thy cattle{H929}, and the fruit{H6529} of thy land{H127}, until thou be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)}: which also shall not leave{H7604}{(H8686)} thee either corn{H1715}, wine{H8492}, or oil{H3323}, or the increase{H7698} of thy kine{H504}, or flocks{H6251} of thy sheep{H6629}, until he have destroyed{H6}{(H8687)} thee. 52 And he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}, until thy high{H1364} and fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} walls{H2346} come down{H3381}{(H8800)}, wherein{H2004} thou trustedst{H982}{(H8802)}, throughout all thy land{H776}: and he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179} throughout all thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 Then there was a famine{H7458} in the days{H3117} of David{H1732} three{H7969} years{H8141}, year{H8141} after{H310} year{H8141}; and David{H1732} enquired{H1245}{(H8762)} of{H6440} the LORD{H3068}. And the LORD{H3068} answered{H559}{(H8799)}, It is for Saul{H7586}, and for his bloody{H1818} house{H1004}, because he slew{H4191}{(H8689)} the Gibeonites{H1393}.
  • 2 Sam 24:13-14 : 13 So Gad{H1410} came{H935}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Shall seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458} come{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee in thy land{H776}? or wilt thou flee{H5127}{(H8800)} three{H7969} months{H2320} before{H6440} thine enemies{H6862}, while they pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} thee? or that there be three{H7969} days{H3117}' pestilence{H1698} in thy land{H776}? now advise{H3045}{(H8798)}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} what answer{H1697} I shall return{H7725}{(H8686)} to him that sent{H7971}{(H8802)} me. 14 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Gad{H1410}, I am in a great{H3966} strait{H6887}{(H8804)}: let us fall{H5307}{(H8799)} now into the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}; for his mercies{H7356} are great{H7227}: and let me not fall{H5307}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of man{H120}.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah{H452} the Tishbite{H8664}, who was of the inhabitants{H8453} of Gilead{H1568}, said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Ahab{H256}, As the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} liveth{H2416}, before{H6440} whom I stand{H5975}{(H8804)}, there shall not be dew{H2919} nor rain{H4306} these years{H8141}, but according{H6310} to my word{H1697}.
  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Then spake{H1696}{(H8765)} Elisha{H477} unto the woman{H802}, whose son{H1121} he had restored to life{H2421}{(H8689)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and go{H3212}{(H8798)} thou and thine household{H1004}, and sojourn{H1481}{(H8798)} wheresoever{H834} thou canst sojourn{H1481}{(H8799)}: for the LORD{H3068} hath called{H7121}{(H8804)} for a famine{H7458}; and it shall also come{H935}{(H8804)} upon the land{H776} seven{H7651} years{H8141}.
  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 And it came to pass that night{H3915}, that the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} went out{H3318}{(H8799)}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} in the camp{H4264} of the Assyrians{H804} an hundred{H3967} fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} thousand{H505}: and when they arose early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, behold, they were all dead{H4191}{(H8801)} corpses{H6297}.
  • 1 Chr 21:15-16 : 15 And God{H430} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} an angel{H4397} unto Jerusalem{H3389} to destroy{H7843}{(H8687)} it: and as he was destroying{H7843}{(H8687)}, the LORD{H3068} beheld{H7200}{(H8804)}, and he repented{H5162}{(H8735)} him of the evil{H7451}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to the angel{H4397} that destroyed{H7843}{(H8688)}, It is enough{H7227}, stay{H7503}{(H8685)} now thine hand{H3027}. And the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} stood{H5975}{(H8802)} by the threshingfloor{H1637} of Ornan{H771} the Jebusite{H2983}. 16 And David{H1732} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} stand{H5975}{(H8802)} between the earth{H776} and the heaven{H8064}, having a drawn{H8025}{(H8803)} sword{H2719} in his hand{H3027} stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} over Jerusalem{H3389}. Then David{H1732} and the elders{H2205} of Israel, who were clothed{H3680}{(H8794)} in sackcloth{H8242}, fell{H5307}{(H8799)} upon their faces{H6440}.
  • Ps 91:6 : 6 Nor for the pestilence{H1698} that walketh{H1980}{H8799)} in darkness{H652}; nor for the destruction{H6986} that wasteth{H7736}{H8799)} at noonday{H6672}.
  • Isa 66:16 : 16 For by fire{H784} and by his sword{H2719} will the LORD{H3068} plead{H8199}{(H8737)} with all flesh{H1320}: and the slain{H2491} of the LORD{H3068} shall be many{H7231}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 12:12 : 12 The spoilers{H7703}{(H8802)} are come{H935}{(H8804)} upon all high places{H8205} through the wilderness{H4057}: for the sword{H2719} of the LORD{H3068} shall devour{H398}{(H8802)} from the one end{H7097} of the land{H776} even to the other end{H7097} of the land{H776}: no flesh{H1320} shall have peace{H7965}.
  • Jer 42:16 : 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword{H2719}, which ye feared{H3373}, shall overtake{H5381}{(H8686)} you there in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and the famine{H7458}, whereof ye were afraid{H1672}{(H8802)}, shall follow close{H1692}{(H8799)} after{H310} you there in Egypt{H4714}; and there ye shall die{H4191}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 47:6 : 6 O{H1945} thou sword{H2719} of the LORD{H3068}, how long will it be ere{H3808} thou be quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}? put up{H622}{(H8734)} thyself into thy scabbard{H8593}, rest{H7280}{(H8734)}, and be still{H1826}{(H8798)}.
  • Lam 4:9 : 9 They that be slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that be slain{H2491} with hunger{H7458}: for these{H1992} pine away{H2100}{(H8799)}, stricken{H1856}{(H8794)} through for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field{H7704}.
  • Ezek 14:19-21 : 19 Or if I send{H7971}{(H8762)} a pestilence{H1698} into that land{H776}, and pour out{H8210}{(H8804)} my fury{H2534} upon it in blood{H1818}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from it man{H120} and beast{H929}: 20 Though Noah{H5146}, Daniel{H1840}, and Job{H347}, were in it{H8432}, as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, they shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} neither son{H1121} nor{H518} daughter{H1323}; they shall but deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} their own souls{H5315} by their righteousness{H6666}. 21 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; How much more when I send{H7971}{(H8765)} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem{H3389}, the sword{H2719}, and the famine{H7458}, and the noisome{H7451} beast{H2416}, and the pestilence{H1698}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from it man{H120} and beast{H929}?
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So{G3779} shall it be{G2071}{(G5704)} at{G1722} the end{G4930} of the world{G165}: the angels{G32} shall come forth{G1831}{(G5695)}, and{G2532} sever{G873}{(G5692)} the wicked{G4190} from{G1537} among{G3319} the just{G1342}, 50 And{G2532} shall cast{G906}{(G5692)} them{G846} into{G1519} the furnace{G2575} of fire{G4442}: there{G1563} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} wailing{G2805} and{G2532} gnashing{G1030} of teeth{G3599}.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But{G1161} I tell{G3004}{(G5719)} you{G5213} of{G1909} a truth{G225}, many{G4183} widows{G5503} were{G2258}{(G5713)} in{G1722} Israel{G2474} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of Elias{G2243}, when{G3753} the heaven{G3772} was shut up{G2808}{(G5681)}{G1909} three{G5140} years{G2094} and{G2532} six{G1803} months{G3376}, when{G5613} great{G3173} famine{G3042} was{G1096}{(G5633)} throughout{G1909} all{G3956} the land{G1093};
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And{G1161} immediately{G3916} the angel{G32} of the Lord{G2962} smote{G3960}{(G5656)} him{G846}, because{G473}{G3739} he gave{G1325}{(G5656)} not{G3756} God{G2316} the glory{G1391}: and{G2532} he was{G1096}{(G5637)} eaten of worms{G4662}, and gave up the ghost{G1634}{(G5656)}.
  • Rev 7:1-3 : 1 And{G2532} after{G3326} these things{G5023} I saw{G1492}{(G5627)} four{G5064} angels{G32} standing{G2476}{(G5761)} on{G1909} the four{G5064} corners{G1137} of the earth{G1093}, holding{G2902}{(G5723)} the four{G5064} winds{G417} of the earth{G1093}, that{G3363} the wind{G417} should{G4154} not{G3363} blow{G4154}{(G5725)} on{G1909} the earth{G1093}, nor{G3383} on{G1909} the sea{G2281}, nor{G3383} on{G1909} any{G3956} tree{G1186}. 2 And{G2532} I saw{G1492}{(G5627)} another{G243} angel{G32} ascending{G305}{(G5631)}{(G5625)}{G305}{(G5723)} from{G575} the east{G395}{G2246}, having{G2192}{(G5723)} the seal{G4973} of the living{G2198}{(G5723)} God{G2316}: and{G2532} he cried{G2896}{(G5656)} with a loud{G3173} voice{G5456} to the four{G5064} angels{G32}, to whom{G3739} it{G846} was given{G1325}{(G5681)} to hurt{G91}{(G5658)} the earth{G1093} and{G2532} the sea{G2281}, 3 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Hurt{G91}{(G5661)} not{G3361} the earth{G1093}, neither{G3383} the sea{G2281}, nor{G3383} the trees{G1186}, till{G891}{G3739} we have sealed{G4972}{(G5725)}{(G5625)}{G4972}{(G5661)} the servants{G1401} of our{G2257} God{G2316} in{G1909} their{G846} foreheads{G3359}.