Lamentations 3:12

12 He prepared to shoot his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

Lamentations 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:12

He hath bent his bow
Which is put for all the instruments, of war; the Chaldeans were archers, and shot their arrows into the city: and set me as a mark for the arrow;
as a target to shoot at; signifying that God dealt with him, or his people, as enemies, the object of his wrath and indignation; and if he directed his arrow against them, it must needs hit them; there was no escaping his vengeance; see ( Job 7:20 ) ( 16:12 ) .

Lamentations 3:12 In-Context

10 He is like a bear ready to attack me, like a lion in hiding.
11 He led me the wrong way and let me stray and left me without help.
12 He prepared to shoot his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
13 He shot me in the kidneys with the arrows from his bag.
14 I was a joke to all my people, who make fun of me with songs all day long.
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