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For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
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A Picture of Desperate Flight
Commentators highlight the vivid and intense language used to describe the escape. The phrases 'drawn sword' and 'bent bow' depict an immediate, life-or-death threat. One scholar notes that the original Hebrew repeats a preposition (literally, 'from the face of') four times, emphasizing the sheer terror and desperation of the flight from the 'grievousness of war.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For they fled – The inhabitants of one part of the land.
The grievousness of war – Hebrew, כבד kobed – “the …
19th Century
Anglican
For they fled from the swords. —The fourfold repetition of the somewhat full form of the Hebrew preposition (literally, <…
16th Century
Protestant
For they flee from the face of the swords. He means that the calamity will be dreadful, and that the Arabians will have good reason for fl…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they fled from the swords of their enemy, whom they could not withstand; perhaps the Assyrian army. They fled
The Arabians lived in tents and kept cattle. A destroying army will be brought upon them and make them an easy prey.
We do not know what str…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppressed Israel by taking their goods, e…
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