<p class="poetry">Their swords will pierce<n id="1" /> their own hearts,p> <p class="poetry">and their bows will be broken.p>

<p class="poetry">They were unfaithful<n id="1" /> and acted as treacherously as<n id="2" /> their ancestors;p> <p class="poetry">they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He trains my hands for battle;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my arms can bend even the strongest bow.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I do not trust in my bow,p> <p class="poetry">and I do not prevail by my sword.p>

<p class="poetry">The Ephraimites<n id="1" /> were armed with bows,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but they retreated in the day of battle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If a person<n id="1" /> does not repent, God sharpens his sword<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and prepares to shoot his bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Evil men draw their swordsp> <p class="poetry">and prepare their bows,p> <p class="poetry">to bring down<n id="1" /> the oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and to slaughter those who are godly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">There he shattered the arrows,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<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>