Lamentations 3:10
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Revised Version 1895
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 fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Isaiah 38:13I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? 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 →