Lamentations 3:10
DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
In Context
9GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
11DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:13I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.
Hosea 6:1In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.
Amos 5:18Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →