Lexicon :: Strong's H2671 - ḥēṣ

“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;

They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

“God brought Israel out of Egypt;

Israel has [fn]strength like the wild ox;

He will devour [Gentile] nations, his adversaries (enemies),

And will crush their bones in pieces,

And shatter them with his arrows.

‘I will heap misfortunes on them;

I will use My arrows on them.

‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

And My sword will devour flesh,

With the blood of the slain and the captives,

From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’

“He sent out arrows and scattered them;

Lightning, and confused them.

‘Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city [Jerusalem] nor shoot an arrow there; nor will he come before it with a shield nor throw up a siege ramp against it.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,

My spirit drinks their poison;

The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Although I am right, I am accounted a liar.

My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;

He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].

For look, the wicked are bending the bow;

They take aim with their arrow on the string

To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

He sent out His arrows and scattered them;

And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,

And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

Your arrows are sharp;

The peoples (nations) fall under You;

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

My life is among lions;

I must lie among those who breathe out fire—

The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

Let them flow away like water that runs off;

When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.

They aim venomous words as arrows,

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;

Suddenly they will be wounded.

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,

Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Sharp arrows of the warrior,

With the [fn]burning coals of the broom tree.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth.

Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;

Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.

Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];

Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,

He did not know that it would cost him his life.

Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow

Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).

Like a madman who throws

Firebrands, arrows, and death,

Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent;

Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

“Therefore, the LORD says this concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.

He has made My mouth like a sharp sword,

In the shadow of His hand He has kept Me hidden;

And He has made Me a sharpened arrow,

In His quiver He has hidden Me.

“Their tongue is a murderous arrow;

It speaks deceit;

With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,

But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.

“For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon

An assembly of great nations from the north country.

They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her;

From there she will be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like an expert warrior

Who will not return empty-handed.

“Set yourselves in battle formation against Babylon on every side,

All you archers.

Shoot at her! Do not spare the arrows,

For she has sinned against the LORD.

Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!

The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the [fn]Medes,

Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;

For that is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.

He has bent His bow

And set me as a target for the arrow.

“And [when you, Gog, no longer exist] those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the [large] shields and the [fn]bucklers (small shields), the bows and the arrows, the war clubs and the spears; and for seven years they will burn them.

The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua];

They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows,

At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.

Then the LORD will be seen [hovering] over them [protecting His people],

And His arrow will go forth like lightning;

And the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet

And will march in the windstorms of the south.