⁹ Judah is ^(A)a lion's cub;
    from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^(B)He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
    and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

⁹ He crouched, he lay down like a lion
    and ^(A)like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^(B)Blessed are those who bless you,
    and cursed are those who curse you.”

²⁴ Behold, a people! ^(A)As a lioness it rises up
    and as a lion it lifts itself;
^(B)it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
    and drunk the blood of the slain.”

⁸ And ^(A)the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
    in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
    like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
^(B)which, when it goes through, treads down
    and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

¹⁴ For I will be ^(A)like a lion to ^(B)Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of ^(C)Judah.
^(D)I, even I, will tear and go away;
    I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

⁵ When she saw that she waited in vain,
    that her hope was lost,
^(A)she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.

^4 (A)Their deeds do not permit them
    to return to their God.
For ^(B)the spirit of whoredom is within them,
    and they know not the Lord.