Lamentations 3:10
He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.
Bible (Bishops')
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 stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked.
11He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:13I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe, but he brused my bones lyke a lion: and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me.
Amos 5:18Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde, what haue ye to do with it? the day of the Lorde is darkenes, 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 →