Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
WEB
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
YLT
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
DBT
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC