Lamentations 3:10
he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
In Context
9Daleth. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;
11He pursued me after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:13In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night.
Hosea 6:1Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us; he will smite, and bind us up.
Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it 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 →