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God as a Predator
Commentators explain that the imagery of a bear and lion in ambush portrays God as a terrifying and inescapable threat. This isn't a passive obstacle but an active danger lying in wait. Scholars note this metaphor for divine judgment is common among the prophets (like Hosea and Amos) and, in this context, likely refers to God using the Chaldean army as His instrument of destruction.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:10–18
18th Century
Theologian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:10
19th Century
Bishop
As a bear ... as a lion. —The figure found in Hosea 13:8; Amos 5:19, is specially characteristic of Jeremiah ([Referenc…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:9–13
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:10
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:10
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:1–20
17th Century
Minister
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…