Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion's cub.From the prey, my son, you have gone up.He stooped down, he crouched as a lion,as a lioness.Who will rouse him up?
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Numbers 23:24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness,As a lion he lifts himself up.He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,and drinks the blood of the slain."
1 Kings 10:20Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
Ezekiel 19:5"'Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
Hosea 5:14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,and like a young lion to the house of Judah.I myself will tear in pieces and go away.I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
1 Corinthians 15:24Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →