Lamentations 3:10 BSB

Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

BSB

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ASV

He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

KJV

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 Hos 5:14.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lam 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דֹּ֣ב	do	[is] a bear	H1677 →
אֹרֵ֥ב	'o.Rev	lying in wait	H693 →
הוּא֙	hu'	he	H1931 →
לִ֔י	Li	to me
אֲרִ֖י	'ar.yeh	a lion	H738 →
בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃	be.mis.ta.Rim	in hiding places	H4565 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
leads to
- Job 5:18
  For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
  See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- 1 Samuel 2:6
  The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Lamentations 3:40–41
  Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Hosea 14:4
  I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Through
Hosea 5:14
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them…
leads to
- Micah 5:8
  Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which…
- Psalms 7:2
  or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Through
Psalms 10:9
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
leads to
- Psalms 17:12
  like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Lamentations

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Lamentations