Lamentations 3:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:10 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:10 — KJV
“He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.”
— Lamentations 3:10 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:10 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:10
“He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. secretly: Heb. in the secret places”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:10: wait, lion, secret
“Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:10: lion, secret, places
“If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. and...: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt surely leave it to join with him”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:10: bear, lying
“Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:10: bear, places
“And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. corners: Heb. ribs”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:10: bear, places
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