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I will send the fangs of wild beasts and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/32.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/32.htm">New King James Version</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, With the poison of serpents of the dust. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by plague And a bitter epidemic; And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘They shall be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘They will be wasted by hunger, and consumed by plague And a bitter destruction; And I will send the teeth of beasts against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/32.htm">American Standard Version</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/32.htm">English Revised Version</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They will be starved by famines and ravaged by pestilence and deadly epidemics. I will send vicious animals against them along with poisonous animals that crawl on the ground. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> They will die from hunger and fever; they will die from terrible diseases. I will send wild animals to attack them, and poisonous snakes to bite them. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/32.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling creatures of the dust. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/32.htm">World English Bible</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Exhausted by famine, "" And consumed by heat and bitter destruction—I also send the teeth of beasts on them, "" With poison of fearful things of the dust. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Exhausted with hunger, consumed with burning, And bitter destruction: And I will send upon them the tooth of beasts, With the wrath of those crawlers of the dust.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/32.htm">New American Bible</a> Emaciating hunger and consuming fever and bitter pestilence, And the teeth of wild beasts I will send among them, with the venom of reptiles gliding in the dust. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> wasting hunger, burning consumption, bitter pestilence. The teeth of beasts I will send against them, with venom of things crawling in the dust.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> They shall be disabled with hunger, and I will deliver them to evil spirits, and I will deliver them to vultures; I will also stir up wild beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents which creep in the dust. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they shall be disabled with hunger and evil spirits shall be handed over to them, and I shall hand them over to the bird of prey, and I shall lead a living creature of teeth to them, with the venom of serpents that slither in the dust.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of serpents creeping on the ground. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=9167" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/32.htm">The Song of Moses</a> …23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. 24<a href="/hebrew/4198.htm" title="4198: mə·zê (Adj-mpc) -- Sucked out, empty. From an unused root meaning to suck out; exhausted.">They will be wasted</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: rā·‘āḇ (N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">from hunger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: ū·lə·ḥu·mê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">and ravaged</a> <a href="/hebrew/7565.htm" title="7565: re·šep̄ (N-ms) -- Flame. From saraph; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow,; specifically, fever.">by pestilence</a> <a href="/hebrew/4815.htm" title="4815: mə·rî·rî (Adj-ms) -- Bitter. From marar; bitter, i.e. Poisonous.">and bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6986.htm" title="6986: wə·qe·ṭeḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Destruction. From an unused root meaning to cut off; ruin.">plague;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: ’ă·šal·laḥ- (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/8127.htm" title="8127: wə·šen- (Conj-w:: N-csc) -- Tooth, ivory. From shanan; a tooth; specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff.">the fangs</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hê·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">of wild beasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">against them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">the venom</a> <a href="/hebrew/2119.htm" title="2119: zō·ḥă·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To shrink back, crawl away. A primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear.">of vipers that slither</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ‘ā·p̄ār (N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">in the dust.</a> 25Outside, 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a> I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate. <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a> I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17</a> I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.” <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a> 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? <a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a> Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart. <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9-10</a> Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. / The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25-26</a> Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.” <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33-34</a> They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20</a> Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.” <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10</a> And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’” <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Jeremiah 29:17-18</a> this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten. / I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them. <a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Ezekiel 33:27</a> Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts on them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.burnt<a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a> And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:<a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a> If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.<a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4-9</a> The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them… burning heat [heb] burning coals<a href="/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12-14</a> At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire… <a href="/psalms/120-4.htm">Psalm 120:4</a> Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.<a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5</a> Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.the teeth<a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a> I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.<a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a> And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.<a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.servants<a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Genesis 3:14</a> And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:<a href="/genesis/49-15.htm">Genesis 49:15</a> And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.<a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Isaiah 65:25</a> The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/songs/5-5.htm">Bolt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-3.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-3.htm">Devouring</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exhausted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-28.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Need</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-7.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/james/3-8.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/matthew/12-33.htm">Poisonous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Serpents</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Venom</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Vipers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Worms</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/joshua/22-26.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-17.htm">Bolt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-10.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-10.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-11.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-8.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm">Devouring</a> <a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Exhausted</a> <a href="/joshua/7-26.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/joshua/7-3.htm">Need</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-13.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Poisonous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Serpents</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Venom</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Vipers</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Worms</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 32</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance</a> 46. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it</a> 48. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-48.htm">God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They will be wasted from hunger This phrase reflects the consequences of disobedience to God's covenant, as outlined in Deuteronomy. Hunger is a common punishment for Israel's unfaithfulness, seen in the curses of the covenant (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a>). It signifies a withdrawal of God's provision, echoing the famine warnings in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>. Historically, famine was a real threat in the ancient Near East, often resulting from drought or enemy sieges.and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague Pestilence and plague are frequently used in the Bible as instruments of divine judgment (<a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a>, <a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">2 Samuel 24:15</a>). These terms indicate severe diseases that would decimate populations, reflecting God's control over life and death. The "bitter plague" suggests an intense, painful affliction, reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt, which demonstrated God's power over false gods and His ability to protect or punish.I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them Wild beasts are often depicted as agents of divine retribution (<a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a>, <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a>). This imagery conveys the removal of God's protective hand, allowing nature to turn hostile. In the ancient world, wild animals posed a significant threat, especially in rural areas. This phrase underscores the totality of God's judgment, affecting every aspect of life.with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust Vipers symbolize danger and death, their venom representing lethal consequences (<a href="/isaiah/30-6.htm">Isaiah 30:6</a>, <a href="/luke/10-19.htm">Luke 10:19</a>). The imagery of vipers "slithering in the dust" evokes the curse on the serpent in <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Genesis 3:14</a>, linking disobedience to the fall. This phrase highlights the insidious and pervasive nature of sin's consequences, as well as the need for divine protection and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering a song of warning and prophecy to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are being warned of the consequences of their disobedience. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a> The setting where Moses delivers this message, as the Israelites are on the brink of entering the Promised Land. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker through Moses, warning of the divine judgment that will come upon disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/e/enemies_and_wild_beasts.htm">Enemies and Wild Beasts</a> Instruments of God's judgment mentioned in the verse.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin has real and severe consequences. This verse serves as a stark reminder of the seriousness with which God views disobedience. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God is sovereign and just in His judgments. He uses various means, including natural elements and creatures, to execute His will. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The warnings are not just punitive but are intended to lead the people to repentance and restoration with God. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_protection.htm">Trust in God's Protection</a> For those who remain faithful, there is assurance of God's protection against the very threats mentioned in this verse. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_warnings.htm">The Role of Prophetic Warnings</a> Prophetic warnings are given out of love and a desire for the people to return to God, highlighting His patience and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 32</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_angel_of_death.htm">What does the Bible say about the Angel of Death?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_exodus_34_10_marvels.htm">(Exodus 34:10) Is there any historical or archeological evidence that God performed the marvels described here in front of the Israelites?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_permit_divorce.htm">Did Jesus allow divorce? (Matthew 5:32 vs. Mark 10:11-12)</a> <a href="/q/why_did_70,000_die_for_david's_census.htm">How is it fair for 70,000 people to die (1 Chronicles 21:14) because of David's census?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24, 25)"Consumed[8] with hunger, and devoured with pestilence, and bitter destruction--[8] Or, possibly, "Regaled with hunger, and fed with bread of pestilence and bitter destruction," &c.I will also send the tooth of the beasts upon them, with the poison of crawling things of the dust.Outside the sword bereaveth, and in the chambers terror:Both young man and maiden, the suckling with the man of grey hairs."God's four sore judgments are all depicted here--"the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence." With <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm" title="The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.">Deuteronomy 32:25</a> comp. <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm" title="If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.">Jeremiah 14:18</a>, "If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 24, 25. - The evils threatened are famine, pestilence, plague, wild beasts, poisonous reptiles, and war. They shall be burnt with hunger, etc.; render: Sucked out by hunger, consumed with pestilential heat, and bitter plague; I will send against them the tooth of beasts and the poison of things that crawl in the dust. When hunger, pestilence, and contagious disease had wasted and exhausted them, then God would send on them wild beasts and poisonous reptiles. Shall be burnt. The Hebrew word occurs only here; it is a verbal adjective, meaning, literally, sucked out, i.e. utterly exhausted; LXX., τηκομένοι λιμῷ. Tooth of beasts and poison of serpents; poetical for ravenous and poisonous animals ¢cf. Leviticus 26:22). Shall destroy; literally, shall make childless, shall bereave, viz. the land which is thought of as a mother whose children were destroyed. The verb is here sensu prsegnanti, shall bereave by destroying, etc. (cf. <a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23</a>; <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Lamentations 1:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They will be wasted מְזֵ֥י (mə·zê) Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4198.htm">Strong's 4198: </a> Sucked out, empty from hunger, רָעָ֛ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger ravaged וּלְחֻ֥מֵי (ū·lə·ḥu·mê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> To feed on, to consume, to battle by pestilence רֶ֖שֶׁף (re·šep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7565.htm">Strong's 7565: </a> A live coal, lightning, an arrow, fever and bitter מְרִירִ֑י (mə·rî·rî) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4815.htm">Strong's 4815: </a> Bitter, poisonous plague; וְקֶ֣טֶב (wə·qe·ṭeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6986.htm">Strong's 6986: </a> Destruction I will send אֲשַׁלַּח־ (’ă·šal·laḥ-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out the fangs וְשֶׁן־ (wə·šen-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8127.htm">Strong's 8127: </a> A tooth, ivory, a cliff of wild beasts בְּהֵמוֹת֙ (bə·hê·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal against them, בָּ֔ם (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with the venom חֲמַ֖ת (ḥă·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> Heat, anger, poison of vipers that slither זֹחֲלֵ֥י (zō·ḥă·lê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2119.htm">Strong's 2119: </a> To shrink back, crawl away in the dust. עָפָֽר׃ (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> Dust, clay, earth, mud <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be wasted with hunger (Deut. 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