Isaiah 5:29
They roar like lions, like young lions. They growl, and pounce on their prey. They drag it off so it can't be rescued.
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Genesis 49:9My son Judah is a young lion coming back from eating its prey. He crouches and lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who would dare to disturb him?
Psalms 50:22Think again, you people who dismiss God, or I will tear you apart, and no one will be able to save you.
Isaiah 31:4This is what the Lord told me: It's like a young lion growling as it stands over its prey. Even though a lot of shepherds come to protest, it's not frightened off by their shouting or intimidated by all their noise. In the same way the Lord Almighty will come down to fight on Mount Zion.
Isaiah 49:24Can loot be taken from a warrior? Can prisoners be rescued from a dictator?
Jeremiah 4:7A lion has left his hiding place; a destroyer of nations has started out. He has left his den to come and turn your country into a wasteland. Your towns will be demolished, and no one will live there.
Jeremiah 50:17The Israelites are a flock that's been chased and scattered by lions. The first on the attack was the king of Assyria; then lastly Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crushed their bones.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →