The Sword: Carried in a Sheath or Scabbard

Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

…and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. …