1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel 2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs. 3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:1–3
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Nahum 2:10–12
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Genesis 49:8–10
8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you. 9 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…
Ezekiel 27:1–3
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre. 3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in…
Ezekiel 36:12–14
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Job 4:10–12
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Ezekiel 17:1–3
1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel 3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon…
Numbers 23:23–25
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Baruch 3:15–17
15 Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries? (WEB) 16 Where are the princes of the heathen, and those who ruled the beasts that are on the earth, (WEB) 17 those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which… (WEB)
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