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Lamentations 3:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Lamentations 3:12

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10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

11 He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.

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

13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

14 I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.

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