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Ezekiel 39:3

1 “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

2 I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

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

4 On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your 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.
WEB
I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
ASV
and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
DARBY
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
BLB
And I will strike the bow from your left hand, and the arrows from your right hand I will make fall.
ÅB
Og jeg vil slå din bue ut av din venstre hånd og la dine piler falle ut av din høyre hånd.
OTB
Jeg vil slå buen ut av din venstre hånd og få pilene til å falle ut av din høyre hånd.
B1930
Og jeg vil slå din bue ut av din venstre hånd og la dine piler falle ut av din høire hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 76:3

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

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  • Hosea 1:5

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

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  • Jeremiah 21:4–5

    this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

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  • 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.

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  • Ezekiel 20:21–24

    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

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