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Psalm 7:13
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
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Flaming arrows and instruments of death make God's judgment concrete and severe, following the warning about a person who refuses to repent.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Both passages describe God's judgment against wrongdoing, with Thessalonians naming the affliction inflicted on others.
Habakkuk 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to …Both portray God's violent opposition to wickedness; Habakkuk names the salvation of his people as the purpose of his action.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.Both portray God armed with arrows, with fire in Psalm 7 and radiant weapons in Habakkuk.
Psalm 18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.Both depict God wielding arrows; Psalm 7 describes preparation, while Psalm 18 describes their release and the resulting rout.
Revelation 6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”Both concern divine judgment: Psalm 7 depicts weapons made ready, while Revelation records a plea for judgment over shed blood.
Psalm 64:7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.Both depict God's arrows as lethal weapons, moving from readiness in Psalm 7 to a sudden strike in Psalm 64.
Psalm 45:5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.Both use arrows as weapons of death, though Psalm 45 describes the defeat of a king's enemies.
Revelation 16:6For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”Both portray deadly divine judgment; Revelation names the bloodshed of saints and prophets as the reason for punishment.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.Both describe God's arrows as terrifying weapons; Job speaks as someone suffering their force, while Psalm 7 describes their preparation.
Psalm 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.Both describe arrows readied for deadly use, though Psalm 11 assigns the weapons to the wicked targeting the upright.
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.”Both depict God's weapons as instruments of death, with Deuteronomy describing the bloodshed that Psalm 7's prepared weapons threaten.
Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.Both portray God preparing to direct arrows against people as an act of judgment.
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Injustice and anger. guilt and confession. sermon or Bible study notes.
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The weapons here belong to God, the righteous judge. This warning takes evil and its deadly outcome with full seriousness; his judgment is never a license for personal revenge.
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