Reference

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
28

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

29

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

31

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

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Annihilation / Destruction
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Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes Jacob's *fear* of annihilation, not the actual annihilation itself, nor does it explicitly state that any destruction would be a result of divine judgment.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes Jacob's fear of his own destruction and that of his household due to a specific historical event (the actions of Simeon and Levi), not as a theological principle regarding the fate of the wicked. It is a hypothetical outcome based on human actions, not a divine judgment.