King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Lamentations 3) Lamentations 3:12-14 KJV
"He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day."
Lamentations Chapter 3, Verse 12-14
Lamentations 3:12-14 in Context (Verses 9–17 KJV)
9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.*
14
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.*
16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.*
17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.*