Ezekiel 39:3

3 I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of 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 And you, mortal, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

2 I will turn you around and drive you forward, and bring you up from the remotest parts of the north, and lead you against the mountains of Israel.

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

4 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples that are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every kind and to the wild animals to be devoured.

5 You shall fall in the open field; for I have spoken, says the Lord God.