"vengeance shall be taken": "Vengeance" connotes death. You say "death," but perhaps money (i.e., monetary restitution) is referred to. (This is not so.) It is written here "vengeance," and, elsewhere (Leviticus 26:25) "vengeance." Just as there, death (is indicated), so, here, death (is intended.) Just as there, (death by) the sword (is indicated), so, here, ([death by the sword] is intended.)