“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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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
— Lamentations 3:11 —
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.