He hath bent his bow. — (Comp. Job 16:12.) The figure is changed, but there is a natural sequence of thought. The lion suggests the huntsman. but he appears on the scene not to save the victim, but to complete the work of destruction.
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Lamentations 3:12
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.