Reference: Arrows
Easton
At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (De 32:23,42; Ps 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zec 9:14). They were used in war as well as in the chase (Ge 27:3; 49:23). They were also used in divination (Eze 21:21).
The word is frequently employed as a symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job 6:4; 34:6; Ps 38:2; De 32:23. Comp. Eze 5:16), or of some sudden danger (Ps 91:5), or bitter words (Ps 64:3), or false testimony (Pr 25:18).
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so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,
I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.
I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.
I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'
He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.
because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
You need not fear terror that stalks in the night, the arrow that flies in the day,
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
I'll send arrows of severe famine in their direction, meant for destruction, which I'll shoot, intending to destroy them. I'll make you have more and more famines that will attack you, and I'll disrupt your source of food.
"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.
The LORD will appear over them his arrow will shoot like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and go out with the southern windstorm.
Morish
With the bow, a common weapon of the ancients. We know not of what wood the arrows of the Israelites were made. Apparently the arrows were sometimes poisoned. Job 6:4; Ps 120:4; Nu 24:8; De 32:23, etc. Arrows are used metaphorically for the judgements of God, Ps 38:2; 45:5: also for anything sharp and painful, as smiting by the tongue. Jer 9:8.
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God is bringing them out of Egypt with the strength of an ox. He'll devour enemy nations, break their bones, and impale them with arrows.
I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.
Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
Smith
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