Lam.3.12

Lamentations 3:12

KJV

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

The Prophet’s Afflictions

Cross References

Job 6:4

KJV

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

Job 7:20

KJV

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 16:12

KJV

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Job Decries His Comforters

Job Says God Shattered Him

Psalm 7:12

KJV

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

I Take Refuge in You

Psalm 38:2

KJV

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

Lamentations 2:4

KJV

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.