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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.
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The Severity of Divine Justice
The verse uses graphic imagery like "arrows drunk with blood" to portray God's judgment not as a minor correction but as a complete and terrifying defeat of His enemies. Commentators describe it as a "horrible massacre," emphasizing that God's response to persistent rebellion and hatred is absolute and final, a sobering picture of divine wrath against evil.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Song of Moses
If (Deuteronomy 32:1–3) is regarded as the introduction, and (Deuteronomy 32:43) as the conclus…
19th Century
Anglican
My sword shall devour flesh. Compare Isaiah 66:16: “For by fire and by His sword will the Lord plead with all fle…
Baptist
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver …
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16th Century
Protestant
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. In these words He describes a horrible massacre, as though He had said, “There shall be no end to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood Signifying, that by various judgments he would bring upon them, which, like…
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