Lamentations 3:13

“He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.”

"He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins." - Lamentations 3:13
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What does Lamentations 3:13 mean?

The verse Lamentations 3:13 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins." Lamentations is a book of the Old Testament that is traditionally ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah. It is a collection of laments over the…

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The Piercing Arrows of God’s Discipline

The poignant words of Lamentations 3:13 compel us into profound reflection: "He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins." This particular verse embodies the intense suffering and grief experienced by the prophet Jeremiah as he observes the desolation of…

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A Prayer of Reflection on Lamentations 3:13

O Lord God of Heaven and Earth, Creator of all that is seen and unseen, I come before You today burdened with the weight of my own despair and sorrow. In times of tribulation, I often find it hard to bear the consequences of my thoughts and actions, and I seek refuge in the…

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Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:42 - "We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."
Lamentations 3:66 - "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD."