Verse 4

For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me: Lyke as the lion and lions whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten, and is not afraide though the multitude of shepheardes crye out vpon him, neither be abashed for all the heape of them: so shall the Lorde of hoastes come downe to fight for mount Sion, and defende his hyll.

Referenced Verses

  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared, who wil not be afrayde? The Lorde God hath spoken, who can but prophecie?
  • Isa 42:13 : 13 The Lorde shall come foorth lyke a giaunt, and take a stomacke to him like a freshe man of warre: he shall roare and crye, and ouercome his enemies.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They shall walke after the Lorde, he shall rose like a lion: when he shall rose, then the children of the west shall feare.
  • Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem, so that the weakest then among them shalbe as Dauid: and the house of Dauid shalbe as gods house, and as the angel of the Lorde before them.
  • Zech 14:3 : 3 After that, shall the Lorde go foorth to fight against those heathen, as men vse to fight in the day of battaile.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders sayde vnto me, wepe not: behold a Lion of the tribe of Iuda, the roote of Dauid, hath obteyned to open the booke, and to loose the seuen seales therof.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I my selfe, saith the Lorde, wyl be vnto her a wall of fire rounde about, & wyl be the glory in the middest of her.
  • Zech 9:8 : 8 And I wyll pitche a campe about myne house against the armie, against him that passeth by, & against him that returneth, and no oppressour shall come vpon them any more: For now I haue seene with myne eyes.
  • Zech 9:15 : 15 The lord of hoastes shal defend them, they shal consume & deuour, and subdue them with sling stones, they shall drincke & rage as it were through wine, they shalbe filled lyke the basons, and as the hornes of the aulter.
  • Num 24:8-9 : 8 God brought hym out of Egypt, his strength is as the Unicorne: He shall eate the nations his enemies, & gnawe their bones, and pearce them through with his arrowes. 9 He couched hym selfe, and lay downe as a Lion, and as an elder Lion: who shall stirre hym vp? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
  • 2 Chr 20:15 : 15 And he sayd, Hearken all Iuda, and ye inhabiters of Hierusalem, and thou king Iehosaphat, thus sayth the Lorde vnto you: Be not afrayd nor faynt hearted by reason of this great multitude: for the battell is not yours, but Gods.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer. 2 As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse, and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire.
  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Crye out, and sing thou that dwellest in Sion: for great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee.
  • Isa 37:35-36 : 35 And I wyll kepe and saue this citie saith he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake. 36 Thus the angell of the Lorde went foorth, and slue of the Assyrians hoaste an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande: and when men arose vp early in the mornyng, beholde they were slayne, and all lay full of dead bodyes.
  • Jer 50:44 : 44 Beholde, like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan, so wyll I dryue them foorth, and make them runne agaynst her: But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng? for who is like me? or who wil striue with me? or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me?