Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marke to shoote at.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
In Context
11He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether.
13The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes.
Cross References
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bowe like an enemie, he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie, and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see, he hath slayne: he hath powred out his wrath like a fire, into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion.
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 →