Lamentations 3:10

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He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.

“I composed my soul until morning.

Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones,

From day until night You make an end of me.

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,

I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

“Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.

Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.