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Deuteronomy 32:23

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I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 23

In this chapter we have, I. The song which Moses, by the appointment of God, delivered to the children of Israel, for a standing admonition to them, to take heed of forsaking God. This takes up most of the chapter, in which we have, 1. The preface (Deu 32:1, Deu 32:2). 2. A high character of God, and, in opposition to that, a bad character of the people of Israel (Deu 32:3-6). 3. A rehearsal of the great things God had done for them, and in opposition to that an account of their ill carriage towards him (Deu 32:7-18). 4. A prediction of the wasting destroying judgments which God would bring upon them for their sins, in which God is here justified by the many aggravations of their impieties (Deu 32:19-33). 5. A promise of the destruction of their enemies and oppressors at last, and the glorious deliverance of a remnant of Israel (Deu 32:36-43). II. The exhortation with which Moses delivered this song to them (Deu 32:41-47). III. The orders God gives to Moses to go up to Mount Nebo and die (Deu 32:48, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 23

סָפָה (çâphâh, H5595) — properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to… רַע (raʻ, H7451) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) כָּלָה (kâlâh, H3615) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,… חֵץ (chêts, H2671) — properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God)…

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Ezekiel 5:16rank 5

When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.

Leviticus 26:24rank 3

then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Ezekiel 14:21rank 3

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Deuteronomy 28:15rank 3

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Lamentations 3:13rank 3

He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

Leviticus 26:18rank 2

And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Isaiah 26:15rank 2

You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Deuteronomy 29:21rank 2

and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

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