Lamentations 3:10

10 he has troubled me, a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me a lion in secret places.

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 GIMEL. Yea, I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.

9 DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;

10 he has troubled me, a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me a lion in secret places.

11 He pursued after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.

12 HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.