He has bent his bow,
and set me as a mark for the arrow.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Lamentations 3:12 in context
Lamentations 3:9–15
9
He has walled up my ways with cut stone.
He has made my paths crooked.
10
He is to me as a bear lying in wait,
as a lion in hiding.
11
He has turned away my path,
and pulled me in pieces.
He has made me desolate.
12
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He has bent his bow,
and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14
I have become a derision to all my people,
and their song all day long.
15
He has filled me with bitterness.
He has stuffed me with wormwood.
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