⁷ Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,^(A) so cruel!^(B)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.^(C)

⁸ “Judah,^[a](D) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck^(E) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.^(F)
9 You are a lion’s^(G) cub,^(H) Judah;^(I)
    you return from the prey,^(J) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?