So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?”
Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”
The Lord goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
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