Lamentations 3:10
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.
11Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:13I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
Hosea 6:1In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:
Amos 5:18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is 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 →