OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 32:42

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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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Verse 42. Enemies. I will tear the crown from off their head. Chal. I will destroy the king, as well as the meanest captives. Prot. “from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.” At the very first I will completely destroy them. Bible.—I will punish them for the slaughter and captivity of my people, whom they have shaved, as a mark of their servile condition. Menochius.—Their bare head, or vain counsels, will be detected and punished. Worthington.

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