Ezekiel 39:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand - The Persians whom Antiochus had in his army, Ezekiel 38:5, were famous as archers, and they may be intended here. The bow is held by the left hand; the arrow is pulled and discharged by the right.