in order to shoot down the innocent ¹  in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation. ² 

I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.

But God will shoot ¹  at them; suddenly they will be ²  wounded by an arrow. ³ 

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s ¹  root stock, a bud will sprout ²  from his roots.

Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, ¹  and its shoots the Euphrates River. ² 

“But there is hope for ¹  a tree: ²  If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan ¹  shot the arrow beyond him.

They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin. ¹ ) These were: ² 

For look, the wicked ¹  prepare ²  their bows, ³  they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness ⁴  at the morally upright. ⁵ 

He is a well-watered plant ¹  in ²  the sun, its shoots spread ³  over its garden. ⁴ 

if the king becomes angry and asks you, ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

Like a madman ¹  who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows, ² 

Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them! ¹ 

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. ¹  He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, ²  nor will he build siege works against it.

In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ¹ 

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. ¹  He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, ²  nor will he build siege works against it.

“Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. ¹  Shoot ²  all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! ³  For she has sinned against the Lord.

Out of its mouth go flames, ¹  sparks of fire shoot forth!

All who see me taunt ¹  me; they mock me ²  and shake their heads. ³ 

Your shoots are a royal garden ¹  full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,