Lamentations 3:10

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

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In context

Before · Lamentations 3:8–9

8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.

10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

After · Lamentations 3:11–12

11He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate. 12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.