5 occurrences

'Aim' in the Bible

For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.

Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsTurning One's BackTargets

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

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfUnreliabilityTwistingUseless PeopleFalling Away From God

The Lord of hosts shall defend and protect them;And they will devour [the enemy] and trample down the slingstones [that have missed their mark],And they will drink [of victory] and be boisterous as with wine;And they shall be filled like sacrificial bowls [used to catch the blood],Drenched like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar.

Verse ConceptsdefeatSlingsGod Being Our DefenceCornersMoist ThingsSoundFilling PeopleSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFear Of StoningGod DefendingTemple Utensils In Use

And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

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