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arrows in the Bible
At first arrow were made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron or bronze.
Arrows are sometimes figuratively used for lightning (Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Psalm 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zechariah 9:14).
Arrow were used in war as well as in the hunting of game (Genesis 27:3; 49:23).
They were also used in divination (Ezek. 21:21).
The word “arrow” is frequently used as a symbol of…
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calamity or disease inflicted by God
I will heap calamities on them;
I will exhaust My arrows on them. —Deuteronomy 32:23When I send against them the deadly arrows of famine… —Ezek. 5:16 excerpt
The man Job wrongly assumed that God was attacking him, when it was actually Satan.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The horrors of God are arranged against me. —Job 6:4The Psalmist said,
For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down upon me. —Psalm 38:2 -
some sudden danger (Psalm 91:5)
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bitter words
…They aimed bitter speech as their arrow —Psalm 64:3
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Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. —Proverbs 25:18
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