Lamentations 3:12

12 He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for 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 a bear lurking for me, a lion in hiding.

11 He took me from my path and tore me apart; he made me desolate.

12 He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for arrows.

13 He shot the arrows of his quiver into my inside parts.

14 I have become a joke to all my people, the object of their song of ridicule all day long.