Lamentations 3:10
ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
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- Job 10:16 : 16 If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
- Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
- Isa 38:13 : 13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
- Hos 5:14 : 14 The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
- Hos 6:1 : 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
- Hos 13:7-8 : 7 So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.
- Amos 5:18-20 : 18 The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light. 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. 20 Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?
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- Lam 3:11-122 verses85%
11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
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12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
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9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses81%
8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
- Ps 22:12-132 verses78%
12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.
13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
- Hos 13:7-82 verses78%
7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.
- Lam 3:5-73 verses77%
5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
7ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
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2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
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16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
- Job 16:9-146 verses75%
9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
11God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
- Job 33:10-112 verses75%
10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
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19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
- Lam 3:2-32 verses74%
2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
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10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.
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13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
- Nah 2:11-122 verses74%
11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?
12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
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4I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
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3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
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40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?
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38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”
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6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
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10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
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5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)
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8The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.
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15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
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16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
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10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.
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13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
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8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
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6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
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11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
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9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.
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6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.
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22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.