Deuteronomy 32:39-42
The Vindication of the Lord
39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, ▼“and there is no other god besides me.
I kill and give life,
I smash and I heal,
and none can resist ▼
▼ Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).
my power. 40 For I raise up my hand to heaven,
and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,
41 I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,
and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; ▼
▼ Heb “judgment.” This is a metonymy, a figure of speech in which the effect (judgment) is employed as an instrument (sword, spear, or the like), the means, by which it is brought about.
I will execute vengeance on my foes,
and repay those who hate me! ▼
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword will devour flesh –
the blood of the slaughtered and captured,
the chief ▼
▼ Or “head” (the same Hebrew word can mean “head” in the sense of “leader, chieftain” or “head” in the sense of body part).
of the enemy’s leaders!’”
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