Lamentations 3:10

10 To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Lamentations 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:10

He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait
For its prey, which seizes on it at once, and tears it in pieces; such were the Chaldeans to the Jews by divine permission: [and as] a lion in secret places;
lurking there, in order to take every opportunity and advantage, and fall upon any creature that comes that way. The same thing is signified here as before; see ( Hosea 5:14 ) .

Lamentations 3:10 In-Context

8 Though I cry out for help, he shuts out my prayers.

9 He has blocked my ways with dressed stones; he has made my paths crooked.

10 To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

11 He has forsaken my way and torn me to pieces; he has caused me desolation.

12 He has bent his bow and set me as the target for the arrow.