Lamentations 3:13 (LSB)

Passage

He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

Lamentations 3:12 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:13 He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

Lamentations 3:14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their music of mockery all the day.

Lamentations 3:15 He has saturated me with bitterness; He has sated me with wormwood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arrows", "quiver", "enter", "inward", and "parts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arrows" and "quiver", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "He bent His bow And set me..." into verse 14's "I have become a laughingstock to all...", so "arrows" and "quiver" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "arrows" and "quiver" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.