Lamentations 3:10

Conservative English Version

God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

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No matter how hard I try, you keep hunting me down like a powerful lion.

They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passerby. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.

They are like hungry lions hunting for food, or like young lions hiding in ambush.

Until morning came, I thought you would crush my bones just like a hungry lion; both night and day you make a wreck of me.

he dragged me from the road, then tore me to shreds.

God put big rocks in my way and made me follow a crooked path.

So I'll become a fierce lion attacking Israel and Judah. I'll snatch and carry off what I want, and no one can stop me.

Let's return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.