Isaiah 5:29
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29 Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and (A)seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
Zechariah 11:3
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3 The sound of (A)the wail of (B)the shepherds,
for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of (C)the lions,
(D)for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
Micah 5:8
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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.
Isaiah 49:24-25
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24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant[a] be rescued?
25 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man
Isaiah 42:22
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22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
(A)and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
Zephaniah 3:3
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3 (A)Her officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are (B)evening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
Amos 3:8
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8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
(A)The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
Hosea 11:10
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10 (A)They shall go after the Lord;
(B)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (C)from the west;
Jeremiah 51:38
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 (A)Behold, (B)like a lion coming up from (C)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[a] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. (D)For who is like me? (E)Who will summon me? (F)What shepherd can stand before me?
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- Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them
Jeremiah 4:7
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7 (A)A lion has gone up from his thicket,
a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
(B)without inhabitant.
Isaiah 31:4
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4 For thus the Lord said to me,
(A)“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
(B)so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight[a] on Mount Zion and on its hill.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:4 The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike
Isaiah 10:6
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6 Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Psalm 50:22
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Numbers 24:9
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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.”
Genesis 49:9
English Standard Version
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?
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