Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
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Gill's Exposition
Make bright the arrows,.... Which were covered with rust; scour them of it; anoint them with oil, as armour were wont to be; make them neat, clean, and bright, that they may pierce the deeper; hence…
Barnes' Notes
Make bright - Rather, Sharpen. The Medes Gen 10:2 were a branch of the great Aryan family, who as conquerors had seized upon the vast regions extending from the Caspian Sea to the eastern borders of…
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect…
Cambridge Bible
sharp For mg. cp. Isa 49:2 ("polished shaft").
hold firm mg. fill. If we retain "shields" (see next note), the latter verb seems inappropriate. Cp., however, its use in 2Sa 23:7 R.V. mg. Gi. suggests…
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