Deuteronomy 32:24

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:53 describes the cannibalism caused by extreme famine — a direct development of the famine threat in this verse.

Leviticus 26:22 explicitly matches the 'teeth of beasts' judgment, specifying wild beasts sent to destroy children and cattle.

Jeremiah 15:3 lists 'beasts of the earth to devour' as one of four judgments, closely paralleling the beast imagery in Deut 32:24.

Jeremiah 16:4 adds that dead bodies become meat for beasts and birds, expanding on the 'teeth of beasts' threat in Deut 32:24.

Lamentations 4:4-9 vividly portrays the famine's effects — parched tongues, begging children — fulfilling the famine threat.

Ezekiel 5:17 explicitly sends famine and evil beasts together, directly mirroring the hunger and beast judgments in Deut 32:24.

Ezekiel 14:15 describes evil beasts passing through the land to make it desolate, a specific parallel to the beast judgment in Deut 32:24.

Ezekiel 14:21 lists evil beasts among four severe judgments, directly echoing the same beast and famine elements from Deut 32:24.

Jeremiah 8:17 directly echoes sending serpents as judgment, matching the serpent poison in Deuteronomy 32:24.

Jeremiah 52:6 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 52:6 records the severe famine during Babylon's siege — directly fulfilling the 'wasted with hunger' judgment in Deuteronomy 32:24.

Ezekiel 5:16 speaks of God sending 'arrows of famine' to destroy — echoing the hunger judgment in Deuteronomy 32:24.

Isaiah 65:25 repeats 'dust shall be the serpent's meat' in a peaceful kingdom, contrasting with the judgment context of Deut 32:24.

Lamentations 5:10 describes skin burning with fever from famine — combining famine and plague (pestilence) as in this verse.

Proverbs 13:25 contrasts the righteous' satisfaction with the wicked's hunger, paralleling the hunger judgment in Deuteronomy 32:24.

Habakkuk 3:5 adds pestilence and burning coals as divine judgment tools, echoing the burning heat in Deut 32:24.