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Psalm 76

Psa. 76:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thereq brake
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
he the arrows
resheph (Hebrew #7565)
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
KJV usage: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, + spark, hot thunderbolt.
Pronounce: reh'-shef
Origin: from 8313
of the bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
, the shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
, and the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Isa. 37:35‑36• 35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Isa. 37:35‑36)

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Arrows,
Bow,
Selah,
Shield,
Sword

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 46:9• 9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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2 Chron. 14:12‑13• 12So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
 13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. (2 Chron. 14:12‑13)
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2 Chron. 20:25• 25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. (2 Chron. 20:25)
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2 Chron. 32:21• 21And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. (2 Chron. 32:21)
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Isa. 37:35‑36• 35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Isa. 37:35‑36)
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Ezek. 39:3‑4,9‑10• 3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
 4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
 9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
 10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 39:3‑4,9‑10)
• The peace in which God will dwell will be the outcome of the righteousness of God that deals in judgment with His enemies. (“Psalms 76” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There broke he the flashings of the bow, shield and sword and battle. Selah.