Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.

for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.

I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.”

They shall cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.