<p class="poetry">From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors,p> <p class="poetry">the bow of Jonathan was not turned away.p> <p class="poetry">The sword of Saul never returned<n id="1" /> empty.p>

He replied, &#8220;Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down?<n id="1" /> Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.&#8221;

Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram&#8217;s shoulders.<n id="1" /> The arrow went through<n id="2" /> his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

Then Elisha<n id="1" /> told the king of Israel, &#8220;Aim the bow.&#8221;<n id="2" /> He did so,<n id="3" /> and Elisha placed his hands on the king&#8217;s hands.

The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers.<n id="1" /> They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150.p> <p class="bodytext">All these were the descendants of Benjamin.p>

<p class="bodytext">So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places.<n id="1" /> I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

<p class="poetry">For look, the wicked<n id="1" /> prepare<n id="2" /> their bows,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they put their arrows on the strings,p> <p class="poetry">to shoot in the darkness<n id="4" /> at the morally upright.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters<n id="2" /> the bow and breaks<n id="3" /> the spear;p> <p class="poetry">he burns<n id="4" /> the shields with fire.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they flee from the swords &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">from the drawn swordp> <p class="poetry">and from the battle-ready bowp> <p class="poetry">and from the severity of the battle.p>

<p class="poetry">Who stirs up this one from the east?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who<n id="2" /> officially commissions him for service?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He hands nations over to him,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and enables him to subdue<n id="5" /> kings.p> <p class="poetry">He makes them like dust with his sword,p> <p class="poetry">like windblown straw with his bow.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archersp> <p class="poetry">the people of every town will flee.p> <p class="poetry">Some of them will hide in the thickets.p> <p class="poetry">Others will climb up among the rocks.p> <p class="poetry">All the cities will be deserted.p> <p class="poetry">No one will remain in them.p>

<p class="poetry">Go ahead and<n id="1" /> charge into battle, you horsemen!p> <p class="poetry">Drive furiously, you charioteers!p> <p class="poetry">Let the soldiers march out into battle,p> <p class="poetry">those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields,p> <p class="poetry">and those from Lydia<n id="2" /> who are armed with the bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Take up your battle positions all around Babylon,p> <p class="poetry">all you soldiers who are armed with bows.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Shoot<n id="2" /> all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For she has sinned against the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not give her archers time to string their bowsp> <p class="poetry">or to put on their coats of armor.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not spare any of her young men.p> <p class="poetry">Completely destroy<n id="2" /> her whole army.p>

<p class="poetry">For a destroyer is attacking Babylon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Her warriors will be captured;p> <p class="poetry">their bows will be broken.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is a God who punishes;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he pays back in full.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1491; (<i>Daleti>)p> <p class="poetry">He prepared his bow<n id="1" /> like an enemy;p> <p class="poetry">his right hand was ready to shoot.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Like a foe he killed everyone,p> <p class="poetry">even our strong young men;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has poured out his anger like firep> <p class="poetry">on the tent<n id="4" /> of Daughter Zion.p>

But I will have pity on the nation<n id="1" /> of Judah.<n id="2" /> I will deliver them by the <sc>Lordsc> their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior&#8217;s bow, by sword, by military victory,<n id="3" /> by chariot horses, or by chariots.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They turn to Baal;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are like an unreliable bow.p> <p class="poetry">Their leaders will fall by the swordp> <p class="poetry">because their prayers to Baal<n id="2" /> have made me angry.p> <p class="poetry">So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Archers<n id="1" /> will not hold their ground;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">fast runners will not save their lives,p> <p class="poetry">nor will those who ride horses.<n id="3" />p>

I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow!<n id="1" /> I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion,<n id="2" /> like a warrior&#8217;s sword.p>