Lamentations 3:10
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
11My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
Isaiah 38:13I have set [Him] till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
Hosea 6:1'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
Amos 5:18Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you — the day of Jehovah? 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 →