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

The meaning of Lame…

He hath bent his bow. — . The figure is changed, but there is a natural sequence of thought. The lion suggests the huntsm…

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…

Here the Prophet introduces another metaphor: God had shot him with arrows, as he was made a mark for them. Jeremiah has elsewhere often used the w…

He has bent his bow
Which is put for all the instruments, of war; the Chaldeans were archers, and shot their arrows …

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: