Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 2:4 uses the same 'bent his bow' image to describe God as an enemy — reinforcing the metaphor of divine judgment through archery.
Job 6:4 describes the arrows of the Almighty within him, directly paralleling the bow drawn here.
Job 7:20 asks why God set him as a mark—identical language to being set as a target in this verse.
Job 16:12 says God set him up for his mark, using the same target imagery as this verse.
Job 16:13 mentions archers surrounding him, continuing the arrow imagery begun in this verse.
Psalm 7:12 uses the same 'bent his bow' imagery to describe God's readiness to judge the unrepentant — here the speaker is personally targeted.
Psalm 38:2 also speaks of God's arrows sinking into the psalmist — the same experience of divine judgment through arrows.
Psalm 21:12 shows God aiming bows at enemies — opposite of Lamentations where the speaker is the target. Same metaphor, different direction.
Psalm 64:7 describes God shooting arrows at the wicked — a reversal of Lamentations where the arrow is aimed at the speaker.
Psalm 91:5 promises protection from the 'arrow that flies by day' — in contrast to Lamentations where the arrow strikes the speaker.
Ezekiel 5:16 speaks of God sending 'deadly arrows of famine' — a similar concept of arrows as divine judgment, here targeting with starvation.