He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
He was toward Jeremiah as a bear lying in wait to spring from ambush and as a lion concealed in hidden coverts. The two beasts present him as an unseen pursuer closing in without warning. The attack is sudden and threatening, with the bear poised to strike and the lion lurking out of sight. The picture gives voice to the peril pressing upon Jeremiah and the distress it brought him.
He was toward Jeremiah as a bear lying in wait to spring from ambush and as a lion concealed in hidden coverts. The two beasts present him as an unseen pursuer closing in without warning. The attack is sudden and threatening, with the bear poised to strike and the lion lurking out of sight. The picture gives voice to the peril pressing upon Jeremiah and the distress it brought him.