Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 3:10

"He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places." — Lamentations 3:10 (ASV)

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; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44). We are reminded of Dante (Inferno, i. 31-51).