Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Noyes Bible
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 torn me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
13He hath caused the sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; He hath seized me by the neck, and dashed me in pieces; He hath set me up for his mark.
Psalms 7:13He prepareth for him the instruments of death; He shooteth his burning arrows.
Lamentations 2:4He bent his bow like an enemy; He stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye; Upon the tent of the daughter of Zion he 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 →