Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Arrow » Figurative
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
“God brought Israel out of Egypt;
Israel has
He will devour [Gentile] nations, his adversaries (enemies),
And will crush their bones in pieces,
And shatter them with his arrows.
‘I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.
‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.
Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.
Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
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You will not be afraid of the terror of night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Verse Concepts
Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With theburning coals of the broom tree.
Verse Concepts
Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;
Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.
Verse Concepts
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Verse Concepts
The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua];
They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows,
At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.
Verse Concepts
You will not be afraid of the terror of night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the
Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;
Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my heart [the seat of my affections and desires].
When I send against them the deadly arrows of hunger which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will increase the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.
Verse Concepts
The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua];
They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows,
At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.
Arrows » Discharged » From a bow
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
People will come there [to hunt] with arrows and with bows because all the land will be briars and thorns.
Verse Concepts
Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.