Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
…when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”