Deuteronomy 32:23

²¹ They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

²² For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

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

²⁴ They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

²⁵ Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
KJV: I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
WEB: “I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
ASV: I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
DARBY: I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.
BLB: I will heap upon them disasters; My arrows I will spend on them:

ÅB: Jeg vil samle ulykker over dem; alle de piler jeg har, vil jeg bruke imot dem.
OTB: Og jeg vil bringe ulykker over dem; jeg vil tømme mine piler på dem.
B1930: Jeg vil samle ulykker over dem; alle de piler jeg har, vil jeg bruke imot dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 5:16
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.
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Psalms 7:12–13
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
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Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
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Ezekiel 14:21
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?
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Isaiah 26:15
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.
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Lamentations 3:13
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
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Leviticus 26:24
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
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Deuteronomy 28:15
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:
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