Lamentaciones 3:13

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13 Me ha partido el corazóncon las flechas de su aljaba.

Lamentaciones 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:13

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver
Or, "the sons of his quiver" ^F9; an usual Hebraism; the quiver is compared, as Aben Ezra observes, to a pregnant woman; and Horace has a like expression, "venenatis gravidam sagittis pharetram" ^F11; the judgments of God are often signified by this metaphor, even his four sore ones, sword, famine, pestilence, and noisome beast, ( Deuteronomy 32:23 Deuteronomy 32:42 ) ( Ezekiel 5:16 ) ( 14:21 ) ; these, says the prophet, he caused to enter into my reins;
that is, into the midst of his land and people, or into the city of Jerusalem; or these affected his mind and heart as if so many arrows had stuck in him, the poison of which drank up his spirits, ( Job 6:4 ) ( Psalms 38:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (wtpva ynb) "filios pharetrae suae", Montanus, Munster, Cocceius, Michaelis.
F11 L. 1. Ode 22.

Lamentaciones 3:13 In-Context

11 Me aparta del camino para despedazarme;¡me deja del todo desvalido!

12 Con el arco tenso,me ha hecho blanco de sus flechas.

13 Me ha partido el corazóncon las flechas de su aljaba.

14 Soy el hazmerreír de todo mi pueblo;todo el día me cantan parodias.

15 Me ha llenado de amargura,me ha hecho beber hiel.