oppressing He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the {oppressing} sword. oppressing Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the {oppressing} sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. oppressing Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the {oppressing} city!