Isaiah 5:28
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.
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- Psalm 45:5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
- 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 — it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick. The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
- 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. The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.