⁷ Therefore am I to them like a lion; Like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

⁶ Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.

¹⁴ For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

¹⁰ He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

¹³ Yahweh will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yes, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.

² He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, And utter his voice from Jerusalem; And the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, And the top of Carmel will wither."

⁴ Will a lion roar in the thicket, When he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, If he has caught nothing?

⁸ The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?