Lamentations 3:10
A bear lying in wait hath he been to me, a lion in lurking-places.
Noyes Bible
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 blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and torn me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
Isaiah 38:13I waited till morning, and like a lion Did he crush all my bones; “Between morning and night wilt thou make an end of me!”
Hosea 6:1“Come, and let us return to Jehovah! For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Amos 5:18Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to 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 →