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 now, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt food for me.
{The archers} fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows [at him] and were hostile to him.
I will heap disasters upon them; my arrows I will spend on them.
I will heap disasters upon them; my arrows I will spend on them.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain, and captives from the heads of the leaders of [the] enemy.'
for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'
And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts.
And he shot his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts and routed them.
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
You need not fear [the] terror of [the] night, [or the] arrow [that] flies by day,
Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them.
[Like] a club and sword and a sharp arrow [is] a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
When I send my arrows of deadly famine against them, which will be as destruction that I will send [in order] to destroy you, I will increase famine against you, and I will break {the supply of food} for you.
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork of the road at the head of the two roads to practice divination. {He shakes the arrows}, he inquires with the teraphim, he {examines} the liver.
Then Yahweh will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; and my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and he shall go out in the storm winds of [the] south.
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, who brings him out from Egypt, [is] like the strength of a wild ox for him. He will devour [the] nations [who are] his enemies; he will break their bones; he will pierce [them with] his arrows.
I will heap disasters upon them; my arrows I will spend on them.
for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.
[The] sharpened arrows of a warrior, with burning charcoals from broom trees.
Their tongue [is] a murderous arrow, it speaks deceit. With his mouth he speaks peace with his neighbor, but in his inner parts he sets up his ambush.
Smith
Arrows.
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