John Gill, on Lam 3:12

“Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.”

“He hath bent his bow,.... Which is put for all the instruments, of war; the Chaldeans were archers, and shot their arrows into the city: and set me as a mark for the arrow; as a target to shoot at; signifying that God dealt with him, or his people, as enemies, the object of his wrath and indignation; and if he directed his arrow against them, it must needs hit them; there was no escaping his vengeance; see Job 7:20.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.