Isaiah 5:28 “Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

American Standard Version

whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:

Geneva Bible 1599

Whose arrowes shall be sharpe, and all his bowes bent: his horse hoofes shall be thought like flint, and his wheeles like a whirlewinde.

Darby Translation

their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.

Young's Literal Translation

Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, And its wheels as a hurricane!

Bible in Basic English

Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

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Cross references

“arrows”

Psalm 45:5 Ezekiel 21:9–11 Psalm 120:4 Jeremiah 5:16

Psalm 45:5 · BSB

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Ezekiel 21:9–11 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

Psalm 120:4 · BSB

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Jeremiah 5:16 · BSB

Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

“their horses”

Judges 5:22 Jeremiah 47:3 Micah 4:13 Nahum 3:2 Nahum 2:3 Nahum 2:4

Judges 5:22 · BSB

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

Jeremiah 47:3 · BSB

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.

Micah 4:13 · BSB

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.

Nahum 3:2 · BSB

The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Nahum 2:3 · BSB

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.

Nahum 2:4 · BSB

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

Also

Isaiah 21:1 Psalm 7:12–13

Isaiah 21:1 · BSB

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.

Psalm 7:12–13 · BSB

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

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