Deuteronomy 32:42

Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 32

“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

What Does Deuteronomy 32:42 Mean?

Deuteronomy 32:42 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 32, verse 42 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 32:42 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.”Jeremiah 46:10“For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.”Psalms 64:7“But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.”Psalms 144:6“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.”Numbers 14:9“Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.”Numbers 24:8“God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”Psalms 18:14“Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.”Jeremiah 30:14“All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.”Lamentations 2:5“The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.”Ezekiel 38:21“And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.”Genesis 34:26“And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.”2 Samuel 1:22“From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.”Job 6:4“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.”Job 13:24“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?”Psalms 7:13“He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.”Psalms 45:5“Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.”Psalms 68:23“That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.”Psalms 149:9“To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.”Jeremiah 16:10“And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?”Jeremiah 25:27“Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.”

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