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Ezekiel 39:3

in Ezekiel 39

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

KJV

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

This verse in Ezekiel 39

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand - The Persians whom Antiochus had in his army, Eze 38:5, were famous as archers, and they may be intended here. The bow is held by the left hand; the arrow is pulled and discharged by the right.

This site's exposition

I am against you, O Gog

on Ezekiel 39:1-3

Chapter 39 opens with the summons that opened the oracle before it, prophesy against Gog, so the sentence stands before a single blow falls. Fairbairn notes the book's habit of stating a judgment and then restating it from another angle, as these two chapters do.

This site's exposition

strike the bow from your left hand

Adam Clarke notes that the Persians, named in Gog's alliance at 38:5, were famous archers. Bows and arrows are among the weapons Israel burns for fuel in verse 9. Nothing is left for Gog to fight with.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 39, Verse 1 onwards) \"But you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you.'

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,....

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִכֵּיתִ֥יand I will strike

    vehikeitiH5221 →499 times

  • קַשְׁתְּךָ֖bow your

    kashtechaH7198 →76 times

  • מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of

    miyadH3027 →1618 times

  • שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָleft your

    semolekhaH8040 →54 times

  • וְחִצֶּ֕יךָand arrows your

    vechitzeikhaH2671 →53 times

  • מִיַּ֥דfrom [the] hand of

    miyadH3027 →1618 times

  • יְמִינְךָ֖right your

    yeminekhaH3225 →140 times

  • אַפִּֽיל׃I will make fall

    ʾapilH5307 →435 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 46:9

    He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 2:4

      Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against…

    • Micah 4:3–4

      Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…

    • Micah 5:10

      “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.

    • Isaiah 60:18

      No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

    • Joshua 11:9

      Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

  • Through

    Psalms 76:3

    There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

    it leads to

    • Psalms 46:9

      He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

  • Through

    Hosea 1:5

    And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

    it leads to

    • Judges 6:33

      Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    • Joshua 17:16

      “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Where this verse is studied

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About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.