stay ye

Psalm 18:37-41
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. . . .

Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be the one who is negligent in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

smite [heb] cut off the tail

Isaiah 9:14, 15
So the LORD will cut off Israel's head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. . . .

suffer them

Joshua 10:20
So Joshua and the Israelites finished inflicting a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.

2 Samuel 17:13
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found."

2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, or he will secure fortified cities and elude us."

Jeremiah 8:14
"Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.