Lamentations 3:12 · KJV
“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.”
— Lamentations 3:12
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. {arrows: Heb. sons}
Lamentations 3 — Context
He {was} unto me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. {arrows: Heb. sons}
14I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.
Cross References
Psalms 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Job 7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Lamentations 2:4
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all {that were} pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. {all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye}
Psalms 7:12-13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Job 16:12-13
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.