Lamentations 3:12

Modern

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Traditional

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Literal

He has bent His bow and stood me up as the target for an arrow.

Latin

Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.

Hebrew

English

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Compare Job 6:4.

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Job 7:20
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
Psalm 7:12–13
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Job 16:12–13
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;