And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh— with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
“‘And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;
God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.
Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his? “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor. Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him. Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
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