Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Arrow » Figurative
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh -- the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy's leaders!'"
For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.
For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,
Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. (He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.
The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
Arrows » Carried in a quiver
Therefore, take your weapons -- your quiver and your bow -- and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads.
Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore.
The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is just."
(Alef) I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath. He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light. He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long. read more.
(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones. He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. (Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. (Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate. He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. (He) He shot his arrows into my heart. I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long. He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. (Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord." (Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison. I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones. He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. (Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. (Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate. He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. (He) He shot his arrows into my heart. I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long. He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. (Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord." (Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison. I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.