Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are bent; 1 their horses' hooves are like flint, and their chariot wheels like storms. 1

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

In Context

27None tire or stumble among them; none slumbers or sleeps. 1 Nor are their belts loose, or the thongs of their sandals broken. 1

29Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. 1 They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 7:12If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword 1 and will prepare his bow for battle. 1

Psalms 120:4He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior 1 sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree. 1

Jeremiah 5:16Its quiver is like an open tomb. They are all soldiers. 1

Ezekiel 21:9“Son of man, prophesy and say, 'The Lord says this: 1 “Say: A sword! A sword! It will be sharpened and polished! 1

Nahum 2:3The shields of his mighty men are red, and the soldiers are clothed in scarlet; 1 the chariots flash with their metal on the day that they are made ready, and the cypress spears are waved in the air. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30

Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →

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