Deuteronomy 32:42

“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 beginning of revenges upon the enemy.”

"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." - Deuteronomy 32:42
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What does Deuteronomy 32:42 mean?

Deuteronomy 32:42 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "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." This verse is part of a song of…

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The Divine Warfare: Understanding God’s Justice and Mercy

The verse from Deuteronomy 32:42 states: "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." At first glance, this passage can evoke memories of…

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A Prayer for Justice and Divine Retribution

O Almighty God, In the silence of this sacred moment, I come before You, bowed low in heart and spirit, reflecting upon the gravity of Your words in Deuteronomy 32:42: "I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the…

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Deuteronomy 28:42 - "All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume."
Numbers 32:42 - "And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name."
Genesis 42:32 - "We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan."
Deuteronomy 32:33 - "Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps."
Deuteronomy 32:48 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,"
Deuteronomy 32:28 - "For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them."
Deuteronomy 32:9 - "For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance."
Deuteronomy 32:45 - "And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:"
Deuteronomy 1:32 - "Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,"
Deuteronomy 32:37 - "And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,"
Deuteronomy 32:29 - "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!"
Deuteronomy 32:31 - "For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges."
Deuteronomy 32:12 - "So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him."
Deuteronomy 32:34 - "Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?"
Deuteronomy 32:16 - "They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger."
Deuteronomy 32:5 - "They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation."
Deuteronomy 32:40 - "For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever."
"For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:" - Deuteronomy 32:32
Deuteronomy 32:18 - "Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee."
Deuteronomy 32:23 - "I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them."
Deuteronomy 32:3 - "Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
Deuteronomy 2:32 - "Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz."
Jeremiah 32:42 - "For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them."
Deuteronomy 32:44 - "¶ And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun."