Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring will be like a lioness. 2 They will roar like young lions. 1 Yes, they shall roar, 2 and seize their prey and carry it off, 2 and there will be no one to deliver. 1

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In The King James Version

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

In Context

28whose arrows are sharp, 2 and all their bows bent. 1 Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, 2 and their wheels like a whirlwind. 1

30They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. 2 If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. 2 The light is darkened in its clouds.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Judah [Praised] is a lion’s cub. 2 From the prey, my son, you have gone up. 1 He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, 2 as a lioness. 2 Who will rouse him up? 1

Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, 2 lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver. 1

Isaiah 31:4For Adonai says to me, 1 “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, 2 if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, 2 will not be dismayed at their voice, 2 nor abase himself for their noise, 2 so Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will come down to fight on Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] and on its heights. 1

Isaiah 49:24Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, 2 or the lawful captives be delivered? 1

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 →

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