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Arrows

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: A By: George A. Morrish

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With the bow, a common weapon of the ancients. We know not of what wood the arrows of the Israelites were made. Apparently the arrows were sometimes poisoned (Job 6:4⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. (Job 6:4); Psa. 120:4⁴Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. (Psalm 120:4); Num. 24:8⁸God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. (Numbers 24:8); Deut. 32:23²³I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. (Deuteronomy 32:23)). Arrows are used metaphorically for the judgments of God (Psa. 38:2²For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. (Psalm 38:2); Psa. 45:5⁵Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. (Psalm 45:5)); also for anything sharp and painful, as smiting by the tongue (Jer. 9:8⁸Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. (Jeremiah 9:8)).

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