Deu 32:24-25 | NET2full | STEP | They will be starved by famine , eaten by plague , and bitterly stung ; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust .

‏ Deuteronomy 32:24-25

24 They will be starved by famine,
eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term קֶטֶב (qetev) is probably metaphorical here for the sting of a disease (HALOT 1091-92 s.v.).}
I will send the teeth of wild animals against them,
along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
25 The sword will make people childless outside,
and terror will do so inside;
they will destroy ^{▼▼tn A verb is omitted here in the Hebrew text; for purposes of English style one suitable to the context is supplied.} both the young man and the virgin,
the infant and the gray-haired man.