He shot arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Deuteronomy 32:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will heap evils upon them; I will spend My arrows upon them. American Standard Version (1901) I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them: Common English Bible I’ll throw on them disaster after disaster; I’ll destroy them with my arrows: Catholic Public Domain Version I will heap evils upon them, and I will expend my arrows among them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will heap evils upon them: and will spend my arrows among them. |
He shot arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods in order to anger me with all the work of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.”
You have added to the nation, Lord. You have added to the nation; you are honoured. You have expanded all the borders of the land.
‘For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send my four devastating judgements against Jerusalem #– #sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague #– #in order to wipe out both people and animals from it!
When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.
Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.’ So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
‘But if after these things you will not obey me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.
then I will act with hostility towards you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins.
‘But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood while my sword devours flesh – the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.’