Lamentations 3:12
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what?
- Ps 38:2 : 2 For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
- Lam 2:4 : 4 He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury.
- Job 6:4 : 4 For arrows of the Mighty `are' with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves `for' me!
- Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If `one' turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it, 13 Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
- Job 16:12-13 : 12 At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark. 13 Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
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7And God doth shoot them `with' an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
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35Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
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28The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.
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23I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
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4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
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5The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
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24He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
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7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
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3And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.
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16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
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9Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
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23And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;