Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.

The meaning of Lame…

As a bear ... as a lion. —The figure found in Hosea 13:8; Amos 5:19, is specially characteristic of Jeremiah ([Referenc…

He hath made my paths crooked. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled…

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 fait…

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 we…

The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…

Here, the prophet describes the nature of their affliction: