Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 32:23 uses the same 'arrows' imagery for divine punishment, directly linking to the bloody arrows here within the same song.
Ezekiel 35:6-8 echoes the same divine judgment theme: God fills Edom with blood and slain, mirroring the sword and blood imagery here.
Isaiah 34:6-8 explicitly portrays the LORD's sword filled with blood in a great slaughter — a direct expansion of the sword imagery here.
Jeremiah 46:10 echoes the same divine warrior imagery — God's sword devours and drinks blood on the day of vengeance.
Revelation 18:20 celebrates God's judgment against Babylon, fulfilling the vengeance promised in Deuteronomy against enemies.
Revelation 16:6 portrays God giving blood to drink as judgment, mirroring the blood-drinking arrows of Deuteronomy.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 describes Christ inflicting vengeance on the disobedient, echoing the divine retribution motif.
Zechariah 13:7 calls upon the same 'sword of the Lord' but now against the shepherd, reusing the divine weapon imagery.
Nahum 1:2 declares the Lord as avenging and wrathful against His enemies, directly reflecting the vengeful tone of Deuteronomy.
Ezekiel 30:24 has God putting His sword into Babylon’s hand to judge Egypt, continuing the theme of divine vengeance through a human agent.
Ezekiel 21:9 intensifies the sword imagery — sharpened, polished for slaughter — paralleling God's avenging weapon.
Ezekiel 21:3 repeats the motif of God drawing His sword for judgment against both righteous and wicked.
Jeremiah 47:6 directly addresses the same 'sword of the Lord', personifying it as the instrument of divine judgment.
Isaiah 34:5 pictures God's sword descending for judgment, strongly paralleling the sword imagery of vengeance here.
Psalm 144:6 asks God to send arrows and lightning, closely mirroring the arrow imagery of divine battle in this verse.
Psalm 64:7 says God will shoot arrows at the wicked, directly matching the arrow judgment in this verse.
Job 6:4 mirrors the 'arrows' that 'drink'—but here the arrows are aimed at Job, contrasting God's use of arrows against enemies.
Psalm 18:14 describes God sending arrows to scatter enemies, closely paralleling the arrow imagery of divine wrath.
Psalm 7:13 depicts God's arrows as deadly weapons, reflecting the same divine archery for judgment seen here.
Isaiah 27:1 describes God's sword punishing Leviathan, paralleling the sword that devours flesh in this verse.
Psalm 68:23 describes the victor's foot dipped in enemy blood — a similar graphic picture of triumph over foes.
Psalm 45:5 depicts the king's arrows piercing enemies' hearts — a royal messianic application of the arrow-of-judgment imagery.