Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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