Isaiah 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

All their bows bent - ready for battle.

Their horses' hoofs ... flint. The ancients did not shoe their horses; hence, the value of hard hoofs for long marches.

Their wheels - the wheels of their chariots. The Assyrian army abounded in cavalry and chariots (Isaiah 22:6-7; Isaiah 36:8).

Isaiah 5:28

28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: