Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my weapons drunk with blood, 1 And my sword shall devour flesh, 1 It shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity 1 Of the heads of their enemies that rule over them. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

In Context

41For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, 1 And my hand shall take hold of judgment; 1 And I will render judgment to my enemies, 1 And will recompense them that hate me. 1

43Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, 1 And let all the angels of God worship him; 1 Rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, 1 And let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; 1 For he will avenge the blood of his sons, 1 And he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, 1 And will reward them that hate him; 1 And the Lord shall purge the land of his people.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23I will gather evils upon them, 1 And will fight with my weapons against them. 1

Psalms 45:5The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: 1 The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 1

Psalms 68:23Let their table before them be for a snare, 1 And for a recompense, and for a stumbling block. 1

Jeremiah 16:10And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt report to this people all these words, and they shall say to thee, Wherefore has the Lord pronounced against us all these evils? what is our unrighteousness? and what is our sin which we have sinned before the Lord our God?

Lamentations 2:5The Lord is become as an enemy: 1 He has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, 1 He has overwhelmed her palaces: 1 He has destroyed his strongholds, 1 And has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones 1 To the daughter of Judah. 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:40-44

39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the… Read the whole commentary →

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