Deuteronomy Chapter 32 verse 23 Holy Bible
I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
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I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.
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I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.
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I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them.
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I will heap evils on them; I will spend my arrows on them:
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I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - I will spend mine arrows upon them; I will inflict on them so many calamities that none shall remain. The evils sent on men by God are represented as arrows shot on them from above. (Cf. ver. 42; Job 6:4; Psalm 7:13; Psalm 38:2; Psalm 45:5; Psalm 58:7; Zechariah 9:14; Homer, 'Iliad,' 1:45, etc.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Mischiefs.--Literally, ills. Comp. Ezekiel 5:16 : "I will send upon them the evil arrows of famine . . . I will increase the famine upon them."