Lamentations 3:12
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 7:20 : 20 If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
- Ps 38:2 : 2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
- Lam 2:4 : 4 ד(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.
- Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
- Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a person does not repent, God will wield his sword. He has prepared to shoot his bow. 13 He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.
- Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
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13ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
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9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
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11God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
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13He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.
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2For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
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2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
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2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
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5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
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11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
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7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
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10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
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35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
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28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.
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14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
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23I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.
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20I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.
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4Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
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34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
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5Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
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3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
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11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.
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24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.
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7Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!
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3I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.
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16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
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9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
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23The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.