“The manner for afflicting is stated here. First the manner is insidious, second, it is open. Regarding the insidious manner for afflicting two more ideas are presented. First is the insidious action of enemies. "He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding." Just like Nabuchodonosor fighting against me…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
— Lamentations 3:10 —
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.