Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me like a dov (bear) lying in wait, 1 and like an aryeh in mistarim (hiding places). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 hath barred my ways with hewn stone, 1 He hath made my paths crooked. 1
11He hath turned aside the darkhei of mine, and pulled me in pieces; 1 He hath made me desolate. 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den; 1 he lieth in wait to catch the poor; 1 he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his reshet. 1
Isaiah 38:13I waited until boker, that, like an ari (lion), 1 so will He break all my atzmot; 1 from yom even to lailah wilt Thou make an end of me. 1
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto Hashem; 1 for He hath torn, and He will heal us; 1 He hath struck, and He will bind us up. 1
Amos 5:18Hoy unto you that desire the Yom Hashem! 1 Why do ye seek it? 1 The Yom Hashem is choshech, and not ohr. 1
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 →