Ezekiel 39:3

3 et percutiam arcum tuum in manu sinistra tua et sagittas tuas de manu dextera tua deiciam

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 tu autem fili hominis vaticinare adversum Gog et dices haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce ego super te Gog principem capitis Mosoch et Thubal

2 et circumagam te et seducam te et ascendere faciam de lateribus aquilonis et adducam te super montes Israhel

3 et percutiam arcum tuum in manu sinistra tua et sagittas tuas de manu dextera tua deiciam

4 super montes Israhel cades tu et omnia agmina tua et populi qui sunt tecum feris avibus omnique volatili et bestiis terrae dedi te devorandum

5 super faciem agri cades quia ego locutus sum ait Dominus Deus