Lamentations 3:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:12 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:12 — KJV
“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.”
— Lamentations 3:12 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:12 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:12
“I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:12: hath, set, mark
“If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:12: hath, bent, bow
“Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:12: bent, bow, arrow
“Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:12: hath, bow, arrow
“And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: handstaves: or, javelins burn them...: or, make a fire of them”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:12: bow, set, arrow
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