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Isaiah 5:28

Isaiah 5:28
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent,.... Ready to shoot their arrows upon any occasion; and which being sharp, penetrated deep, and were deadly. This includes all kind of warlike…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Whose arrows are sharp - Bows and arrows were the common instruments of fighting at a distance. Arrows were, of course, made sharp, and usually pointed with iron, for the purpose of penetrating the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 5:18-30

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

bows bent which was done only for immediate action. his horses" hoofs … flint Therefore he will not shrink from riding them on the rocky soil of Palestine, which was extremely unfavourable to the use…