Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.

that you may bathe your feet in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.

He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? And what peace between a rich man and a poor man?

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. The shepherds also have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

“He who slaughters an ox is like him who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like him who breaks a dog’s neck; he who presents a cereal offering, like him who offers swine’s blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like him who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

“I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Men dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.