How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
The line stands at the close of David's lament over Saul and Jonathan. It mourns that the mighty have fallen in battle and that the weapons of war have perished. Its grief is grief at their deaths, with Saul and Jonathan themselves meant by the fallen mighty and perished weapons.
The line stands at the close of David's lament over Saul and Jonathan. It mourns that the mighty have fallen in battle and that the weapons of war have perished. Its grief is grief at their deaths, with Saul and Jonathan themselves meant by the fallen mighty and perished weapons.