Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 16:12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Psalms 7:13(7-14) He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent His bow like an enemy, standing with His right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that were 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 →