![]() Israel is associated with the Lord.Ģ0 “ You are My battle-ax and weapons of war:įor with you I will break the nation in pieces There is a distinction between Jews and Gentiles. In the time of their punishment they shall perish.ġ9 The Portion of Jacob is not like them,Īnd Israel is the tribe of His inheritance. We have a similar situation in Zech 2:6-12 and Isa 48:11-16 where several times it is the the LORD who sends the LORD. Thus, grammatically, the "LORD of hosts" is the antecedent for all these pronouns, "you". With you I shatter the governors and officials. With you I shatter the farmer and his oxen ![]() With you I shatter the young man and the maiden.Ģ3 With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock With you I shatter the old man and the youth With you I shatter the chariot and driver. Now examine the next three verses with the clear understanding that it is the LORD of hosts that is the subject of V19 (the NKJV also capitalizes Portion, Maker, His)Ģ0 “ You are My war club, My weapon for battle.Ģ1 With you I shatter the horse and rider This idea is taken up in places like Rev 19 where Jesus leads the armies of heaven. Recall that "LORD of hosts" could be translated "LORD of armies" (compare Josh 5:14, 6:1), that is, this title has a significant military connotation. Inheritance- the LORD of Hosts is His name. LORD] is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He [= the Others to Israel, on the ground that the tenses are the same (2) because a similar title was given to Babylon in Jeremiah 50:23: (1) because Babylon was the last person addressed (see ver. This terrible title? The commentators are divided, some inclining to The battle axe was much less frequently used. Harmonizes with Jeremiah 51:14 (while we omit 15–19 see note there),Īs well as with Jeremiah 51:25 ff., where Babylon is certainly the The future tenses can as wellīe rendered as presents, denoting what Babylon has hitherto beenĪccustomed to do as the instrument of Jehovah. Herself, that is addressed? Jeremiah 51:24 seems to support (a), but Is it (a) Cyrus, as conqueror of Babylon, or (b) Babylon ![]() Note the remarks of the Cambridge commentary:Ģ0–24. Archers were poor men, and it's possible they couldn't afford horses to help them keep up with Harold's rapid move to the battlefield.There is no doubt that the commentators are in doubt! Only one Anglo-Saxon archer is shown in the Tapestry, symbolising that Harold's army included very few bowmen. Crossbows, a relatively new kind of weapon in 1066, shot much more slowly than ordinary bows, but their 'bolts' could penetrate right through shields. Though none are shown in the Tapestry, the Norman army also included crossbowmen. Some are shown carrying their arrows in 'quivers' attached to their belts, while others take theirs from bigger quivers placed on the ground. ![]() They played an important part in the battle, especially after William ordered them to shoot high, firing their arrows onto the heads of the Saxons behind their shield-wall.Īrchers needed to move quickly, so they were lightly clothed and sometimes barefoot and bare-legged. Many Norman archers are shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, and it's estimated that there were over 1,000 of them in William's army.
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