Isaiah 5:28

Translations

Modern

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Traditional

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

Literal

…whose arrows are sharp, and all his bows bent; the hooves of his horses like flint are reckoned, and his wheels like a whirlwind.

Latin

Sagittæ ejus acutæ, et omnes arcus ejus extenti. Ungulæ equorum ejus ut silex, et rotæ ejus quasi impetus tempestatis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Notes

Isaiah 5:1–30

The prophet delivered judgment through a song (Isaiah 5:1–7) and prophecies of sorrow (5:8–30). Although Israel's future will be pure and in fellowship with God (Isaiah 4:2–6), it must address the current sinful state of the people and their leaders.

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Psalm 45:5
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
Nahum 2:3–4
The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Ezekiel 21:9–11
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
Micah 4:13
Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Judges 5:22
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
Jeremiah 5:16
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Isaiah 21:1
This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
Jeremiah 47:3
…at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
Psalm 7:12–13
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Nahum 3:2
The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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Topics

Arrows: Sharp Assyria: Armies of, Described Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Chariots: Sometimes Driven Furiously Horse: Description of Snorting and Neighing of Horses Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denounces Existing Corruptions The Horse: Hard Hoofs of, Alluded To War: God Uses, As a Judgment Watchmen of Ministers Whirlwind: Illustrative of The: Velocity of the Chariots in Hostile Armies

Isaiah 5:28

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