Bible Verses About War: God uses, as a judgment

You are not to worship their gods, serve them or follow their practices; rather, you are to demolish them completely and smash their standing-stones to pieces.

I will set my face against you - your enemies will defeat you, those who hate you will hound you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

I will lay waste to your cities and make your sanctuaries desolate, so as not to smell your fragrant aromas.

I will desolate the land, so that your enemies living in it will be astounded by it.

You I will disperse among the nations, and I will draw out the sword in pursuit after you; your land will be a desolation and your cities a wasteland.

Then, at last, the land will be paid its Shabbats. As long as it lies desolate and you are in the lands of your enemies, the land will rest and be repaid its Shabbats.

Yes, as long as it lies desolate it will have rest, the rest it did not have during your Shabbats, when you lived there.

As for those of you who are left, I will fill their hearts with anxiety in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will frighten them, so that they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.

Yes, with no one pursuing they will stumble over each other as if fleeing the sword - you will have no power to stand before your enemies.

And among the nations you will perish; the land of your enemies will devour you.

Those of you who remain will pine away in the lands of your enemies from guilt over your misdeeds and those of your ancestors.

"ADONAI your God will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will advance on them one way and flee before them seven. You will become an object of horror to every kingdom on earth.

Your carcasses will become food for all the birds in the air and the wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them away.

ADONAI will strike you down with the boils that broke out on the Egyptians, tumors, skin lesions and itching, all incurable.

ADONAI will strike you with insanity, blindness and utter confusion.

You will grope about at noon like a blind person groping in the dark, unable to find your way. "You will be continually oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you.

You will get engaged to a woman, but another man will marry her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not use its fruit.

Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you won't eat any of its meat. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force as you watch, and you won't get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and there will be no one to help you.

Your sons and daughters will be handed over to another people; you will watch for them longingly all day but not see them; and there will be nothing you can do about it.

A nation unknown to you will eat the fruit of your land and labor. Yes, you will be continually oppressed and crushed,

till you go crazy from what your eyes have to see.

ADONAI will strike you down in the knees and legs with painful and incurable boils; they will spread from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

ADONAI will bring you and your king whom you have put over yourselves to a nation you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors; and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

You will be so devastated as to become a proverb and a laughingstock among all the peoples to which ADONAI will drive you.

"You will carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, because locusts will devour it.