Captives — Whom my sword hath sorely wounded, though not utterly killed. From the beginning — When once I begin to revenge myself and my people upon mine and their enemies, I will go on and make a full end.
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Deuteronomy 32:42
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.