Isaiah 5:28
Douay-Rheims
Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are bent. The hoofs of their horses shall be like the hint, and their wheels like the violence of a tempest.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
bent--ready for battle. hoofs . . . flint--The ancients did not shoe their horses: hence the value of hard hoofs for long marches. wheels--of their chariots. The Assyrian army abounded in cavalry and chariots (Isa 22:6-7; Isa 36:8).
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1871 · Isaiah 5:28
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