Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
In Context
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 16:12I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Psalms 7:13And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy; he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that was pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion, he hath poured out his fury like fire.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →