Lamentations 3:12

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He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:20 : 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
  • Ps 38:2 : 2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
  • Lam 2:4 : 4 He bent his bow like an enemy, his right hand poised like an adversary. He has killed all that was precious to the eye and poured out his fury like fire on the tent of the daughter of Zion.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 God is a righteous judge and a God who is angry every day. 13 If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target. 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

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    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

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    2O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

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    2See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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    2He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand, He hid me. He made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in His quiver.

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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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    13From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

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    2He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

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