Ekhah 3:10

10 He was unto me like a dov (bear) lying in wait, and like an aryeh in mistarim (hiding places).

Ekhah 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 ) .

Ekhah 3:10 In-Context

8 Also when I cry and call out, He shutteth out my tefillah.

9 He hath barred my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.

10 He was unto me like a dov (bear) lying in wait, and like an aryeh in mistarim (hiding places).

11 He hath turned aside the darkhei of mine, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.

12 He hath bent His keshet, and set me as a target for the khetz (arrow).