'Arrows' in the Bible

So now, please take your [hunting] gear, your quiver [of arrows] and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me;

No hand shall touch him [that is, no one shall try to save the guilty party], but the offender must be stoned or shot through [with arrows]; whether man or animal [that touches the mountain], he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

“God brought Israel out of Egypt;Israel has strength like the wild ox;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.’

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a target.

And I will send a boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I specifically say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,’ then come [back to my father’s table]; for it is safe for you and there is no danger, as the Lord lives.

But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away.

And he said to his boy, “Run, please find the arrows which I am about to shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow past him.

“He sent out arrows and scattered them;Lightning, and confused them.

And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows.

Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground,” and he struck it three times and stopped.

They were armed with bows, and could use the right hand or the left to sling stones and shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s relatives from [the tribe of] Benjamin.

In Jerusalem he made machines of war invented by skillful men to be put on the towers and on the [corner] battlements for the purpose of shooting arrows and large stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,My spirit drinks their poison;The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“His arrows surround me.He pierces my kidneys (vital organs) without mercy;He pours out my gall on the ground.

He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].

He sent out His arrows and scattered them;And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

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.

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.

Let them flow away like water that runs off;When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.They aim venomous words as arrows,

There He broke the flaming arrows,The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

The clouds poured down water;The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

Sharp arrows of the warrior,With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,So are the children of one’s youth.

Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.

Like a madman who throwsFirebrands, arrows, and death,

Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent;Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

People will come there [to hunt] with arrows and with bows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

“For behold, I will stir up and bring up against BabylonAn assembly of great nations from the north country.They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her;From there she will be taken captive.Their arrows will be like an expert warriorWho will not return empty-handed.

“Set yourselves in battle formation against Babylon on every side,All you archers.Shoot at her! Do not spare the arrows,For she has sinned against the Lord.

Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;For that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.

He has caused the arrows of His quiverTo enter my inner parts.

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.

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim (household idols), he looks at the liver [of an animal for an omen].

I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

And [when you, Gog, no longer exist] those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the [large] shields and the bucklers (small shields), the bows and the arrows, the war clubs and the spears; and for seven years they will burn them.

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.

With the enemy’s own spears, You piercedThe head of his hordes.They stormed out to scatter us,Rejoicing like thoseWho secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].