Lamentations 3:10

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(e) He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places. (e) He has no pity on me.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in La...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as. lion. See note on Psalms 22:16 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Harsh is the complaint when Jeremiah compares God to a. bear and a lion. But we have said that the apprehension of God’s wrath so terrified the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion ( Job 10:16 ; t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He was ] RV 'He is.' As a bear.. as a lion ] God is even lying in wait to oppose him ( Jeremiah 4:7 ; Jeremiah 5:6 ). Danger follows di...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As a bear... as a lion. — The figure found in Hosea 13:8 ; Amos 5:19 , is specially characteristic of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 4:7 ; Jeremiah 5:6 ;...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MAN THAT HATH SEEN AFFLICTION Lamentations 3:1-21 WHETHER we regard it from a literary, a speculative, or a religious point of view, the th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 Je...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places. Ver. 10. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait. ] So that if I do b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He hath enclosed my way with hewn stone He hath not only hedged it up with thorns, Hosea 2:6 , but stopped it up with a stone wall which cannot...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Personal Affliction. B. C. 588....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That is, he hath taken all advantages against me to destroy me.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In His Initial Despair The Prophet Bewails His Own Sad Condition ( Lamentations 3:1-18 ). In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the onl...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ד) Lamentations 3:10 . Difficulties had been embarrassing, but dangers were also added. In the crooked paths the bear and t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope i...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of the brig...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Lament over Grievous Sufferings
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, lurking to pounce upon his prey, and as a lion in secret places, crouched in ambush, ready to spring upon t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:18-20 ; Hosea 13:7 ; Hosea 13:8 ; Hosea 5:14 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Isaiah 38:13 ; Job 10:16 ; Psalms 10:9 ; Psalms 17:12

¹⁰ He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 3:10