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Lamentations 3:12 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.Lamentations 3:12 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:12 in context
10He 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.
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bentdârakto treadH1869 →
- markmaṭṭârâʼa jailH4307 →
- bowqeshetha bow, forshooting or the irisH7198 →
- setnâtsabto station, in various applicationsH5324 →
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The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20