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A Deliberate Target
Commentators explain that this verse paints a terrifying picture of God as a divine archer who has deliberately aimed His bow and set the sufferer as the target. This isn't random misfortune; it's the feeling of being singled out for judgment by God Himself, with no chance of escape from His perfectly aimed arrows of wrath.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:10–18
18th Century
Theologian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:12
19th Century
Bishop
He hath bent his bow. — (). The figure is changed, but there is a natural sequence of thought. The lion suggests the hunt…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:11–13
19th Century
Preacher
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has …
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:12
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet introduces another metaphor: God had shot him with arrows, as he was made a mark for them. Jeremiah has elsewhere often used the w…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:12
17th Century
Pastor
He has bent his bow
Which is put for all the instruments, of war; the Chaldeans were archers, and shot their arrows …
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:1–20
17th Century
Minister
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…