Deuteronomy 32:42
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I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, of the blood of the slain and of the captivity, of the bare head of the enemies.

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Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.

Psalm 45:5 Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

Psalm 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.

Isaiah 34:6-8 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck goats, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for there is a victim of the Lord in Bosra and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. . . .

Jeremiah 16:10 And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God?

Ezekiel 35:6-8 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I will deliver thee up to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: and whereas thou hast hated blood, blood shall pursue thee. . . .

Ezekiel 38:21,22 And I will call in the sword against him in all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be pointed against his brother. . . .

Job 13:24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?

Jeremiah 30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will not seek after thee: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with cruel chastisement: by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities, thy sins are hardened.

Lamentations 2:5 He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women.

Context
The Song of Moses
41If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me. 42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, of the blood of the slain and of the captivity, of the bare head of the enemies.43Praise his people, ye nations, for he will revenge the blood of his servants: and will render vengeance to their enemies, and he will be merciful to the land of his people.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.

2 Samuel 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

Isaiah 34:5
For my sword is inebriated in heaven: behold it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter unto judgment.

Jeremiah 12:12
The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.

Jeremiah 46:10
For this is the day of the Lord the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may revenge himself of his enemies: the sword shall devour, and shall be filled, and shall be drunk with their blood: for there is a sacrifice of the Lord God of hosts in the north country, by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye to Egypt, and publish it in Magdal, and let it be known in Memphis, and in Taphnis: say ye: Stand up, and prepare thyself: for the sword shall devour all round about thee.

Lexicon
I will make My arrows
חִצַּי֙ (ḥiṣ·ṣay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

drunk
אַשְׁכִּ֤יר (’aš·kîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7937: To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence

with blood,
מִדָּ֔ם (mid·dām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

while My sword
וְחַרְבִּ֖י (wə·ḥar·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

devours
תֹּאכַ֣ל (tō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

flesh—
בָּשָׂ֑ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

the blood
מִדַּ֤ם (mid·dam)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

of the slain
חָלָל֙ (ḥā·lāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted

and captives,
וְשִׁבְיָ֔ה (wə·šiḇ·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7633: Captivity, captives

the heads
מֵרֹ֖אשׁ (mê·rōš)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of the enemy
אוֹיֵֽב׃ (’ō·w·yêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

leaders.
פַּרְע֥וֹת (par·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6546: Perhaps leader


Additional Translations
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.I will make my 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 on the enemy.

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

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

Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; [I will make them drunk] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

I will make my 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 my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy."

I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.
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