Lamentations 3:10
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
In Context
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
Isaiah 38:13I kept still until the morning; as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
Hosea 6:1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be 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 →