Ezekiel 39:3

3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:3 in Other Translations

3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.

3 I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.

3 Then I'll knock your bow out of your left hand and your arrows from your right hand.

3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

3 Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand.

3 Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

3 Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand. I will make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 39:3

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand
In which it is usually held, to have the arrow fitted to it: and I will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand;
where they are commonly held when put into the bow, and then the bow is drawn with it; signifying hereby, that though he should come into the land of Israel, he should not succeed; he would be stripped of his armour, and it would be useless to him: bows and arrows are put for all kind of warlike instruments; and are particularly mentioned because they were chiefly used in war when this prophecy was delivered.

Ezekiel 39:3 In-Context

1 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal.

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

3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop 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 all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.

5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Cross References

• 1. Hosea 1:5; Amos 2:15
• 2. Psalms 76:3