Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Arrow » Figurative
The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me.
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
God brings him out of Egypt. He is for him like the horns of the wild bull. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries. He will crush their bones in pieces and shatter them with his arrows.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the longhaired leaders of the enemy.
Wicked people bend their bows. They set their arrows against the strings to shoot in the dark at people who are upright in heart.
Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard.
Your arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under you. Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
You will not be afraid of the terror of the night and arrows that fly during the day,
Flash lightning and scatter them. Send out your arrows and confuse them.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows. He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
When I shoot my destructive arrows of famine at you, I will shoot to kill you. I will bring more and more famine into your land. I will cut off your food supply.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation. They went away at the light of your arrows and the shining of your glittering spear.
Bow » Figurative
They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.
I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him and he conquered.
His bow stayed steady! His arms remained limber because of the help of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground.
My glory was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand.
It will happen that I will break the bow (strength) of Israel in the valley of Jezrell.
Your bow was made quite bare. The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. You split the earth with your rivers.
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth you ministers of my God! The meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the House of your God.
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said: Jehovah is righteous.
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his fury. By him I have been made to go in the dark and not in the light. Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long. read more.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. He built a wall against me, shutting me in with hardship and bitter sorrow. He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time. He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me. Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways. He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places. He has turned me on one side. I have been pulled to bits and lay desolate. With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows. He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body. I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day. He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure. He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust. Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is. I said: My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah. Remember my trouble and my wandering, the bitterroot and the poison. Remember and bow (bend) (come down to my level) down deep within me.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. He built a wall against me, shutting me in with hardship and bitter sorrow. He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time. He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me. Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways. He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places. He has turned me on one side. I have been pulled to bits and lay desolate. With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows. He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body. I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day. He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure. He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust. Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is. I said: My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah. Remember my trouble and my wandering, the bitterroot and the poison. Remember and bow (bend) (come down to my level) down deep within me.
The people of Nineveh believed God and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.