Arrow

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.

“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

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

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

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

Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.