Lamentations 3:12
He has bent His bow, || And sets me up as a mark for an arrow.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
In Context
11My ways He is turning aside, and He pulls me in pieces, || He has made me a desolation.
13He has caused to enter into my reins || The sons of His quiver.
Cross References
Job 6:4For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, || Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Job 16:12I have been at ease, and He breaks me, || And He has laid hold on my neck, || And He breaks me in pieces, || And He raises me to Him for a mark.
Psalms 7:13Indeed, He has prepared for Himself || Instruments of death, || He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow as an enemy, || His right hand has stood as an adversary, || And He slays all the desirable ones of the eye, || In the tent of the daughter of Zion, || He has poured out as fire His fury.
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 →