Bible verse
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
Lamentations 3:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Lamentations 3.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
KJV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
ASV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
ERV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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