King James Version
Isaiah 5:28 in the King James Version says “Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:”
Isaiah 5:28 · KJV
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. sorrow: or, distress and the light: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Whose arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
“are sharp”
H8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all their bows”
H7198a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
“bent”
H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
“shall be counted”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“and their wheels”
H1534a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
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