a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.
and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.