Lamentations 3:10
דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי אריה בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
In Context
9גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּֽה ׃ ס
11דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵֽם ׃
Cross References
Psalms 10:9יֶאֱרֹב בַּמִּסְתָּר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵה בְסֻכֹּה יֶאֱרֹב לַחֲטוֹף עָנִי יַחְטֹף עָנִי בְּמָשְׁכוֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ ׃
Isaiah 38:13שִׁוִּיתִי עַד ־ בֹּקֶר כָּֽאֲרִי כֵּן יְשַׁבֵּר כָּל ־ עַצְמוֹתָי מִיּוֹם עַד ־ לַיְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי ׃
Hosea 6:1לְכוּ וְנָשׁוּבָה אֶל ־ יְהוָה כִּי הוּא טָרָף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ ׃
Amos 5:18הוֹי הַמִּתְאַוִּים אֶת ־ יוֹם יְהוָה לָמָּה ־ זֶּה לָכֶם יוֹם יְהוָה הוּא ־ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא ־ אֽוֹר ׃
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 →