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28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isaiah 5:28

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

  • The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. …

  • Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: …

  • The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

  • If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-30)

Here are, I. Sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the particular articles of that charge, though it may relate primarily to them, but is rather intended for warning to all people, in all ages, to take heed of these sins, as destructive both to particular persons and to communitie…

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