Lamentations 3:12
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Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.

bent

Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.

Job 7:20 I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself?

Job 16:12,13 I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark. . . .

Psalm 7:12,13 Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. . . .

Psalm 38:2 For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Context
Jeremiah's Afflictions
11Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate. 12Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.13He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.…
Cross References
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.

Job 7:20
I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself?

Job 16:12
I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.

Psalm 7:12
Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalm 38:2
For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Lamentations 2:4
Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.

Lexicon
He bent
דָּרַ֤ךְ (dā·raḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

His bow
קַשְׁתוֹ֙‪‬‪‬ (qaš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

and set me
וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי (way·yaṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5324: To take one's stand, stand

as the target
כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א (kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4307: A guard, ward, prison, target, mark

for His arrow.
לַחֵֽץ׃ (la·ḥêṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear


Additional Translations
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
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