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Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

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ASV

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

KJV

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָר֗וּר'a.Rur[is] cursedH779 →
עֹשֶׂ֛ה'o.Seh[one who] doesH6213 →
מְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khet[the] work ofH4399 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
רְמִיָּ֑הre.mi.YahslacknessH7423 →
וְאָר֕וּרve.'a.Rurand [is] cursedH779 →
מֹנֵ֥עַmo.Ne.a'[one who] withholdsH4513 →
חַרְבּ֖וֹchar.Bosword hisH2719 →
מִדָּֽם׃mi.Damfrom bloodH1818 →

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1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”1 Kings 20:42And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’1 Samuel 15:9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.Numbers 31:14–18But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.2 Kings 13:19But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”Jeremiah 50:25The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’1 Samuel 15:13–35When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”Judges 1:27At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.Deuteronomy 20:17For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,Genesis 27:12What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.Numbers 31:15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.1 Samuel 28:18Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.Judges 21:5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.Judges 17:2said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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