Lamentations 3:12
He hath trodden his bow, and set me up, as a mark for the arrow.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
In Context
11My ways, hath he turned aside, and hath torn me in pieces, hath made me desolate;
13He hath caused to enter my reins, the sons of his quiver;
Cross References
Job 6:4For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
Job 16:12At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark:
Psalms 7:13But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:
Lamentations 2:4He hath trodden his bow like a foe, his right hand erect as an adversary, and hath slain all them who delighted the eye,—In the home of the daughter of Zion, hath he poured out, as fire, his indignation.
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 →