Isaiah 5:29

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Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

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  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”
  • Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror? 25 Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
  • Gen 49:9 : 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?
  • Num 24:9 : 9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
  • Isa 31:4 : 4 The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.
  • Jer 4:7 : 7 Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 “A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
  • Jer 51:38 : 38 The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

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  • Jer 51:38
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    38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

    13Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior“I am against you!” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

  • Isa 5:28
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    28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Ps 17:12
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    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Jer 2:15
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    15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

  • Hos 11:10
    78%

    10God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Ezek 19:6-7
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    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

    7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Jer 6:23
    77%

    23Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”

  • Mic 5:8
    77%

    8Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

  • Hos 5:14
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    14The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

  • Jer 5:6
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    6So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the rift valley they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Hab 1:8-9
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    8Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like vultures they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.

    9All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.

  • Ps 104:21
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    21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

  • Joel 2:5
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    5They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
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    2and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

    3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Jer 4:7
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    7Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

  • Jer 25:30
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    30“Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them:‘Like a lion about to attack, the LORD will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth.

  • Ezek 34:28
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    28They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

  • Job 38:39-40
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    39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

    40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

  • Ps 58:6
    75%

    6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!

  • Isa 56:9
    75%

    9The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

  • Job 28:8
    74%

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

  • Jer 50:42
    74%

    42Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

  • Ps 7:2
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    2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

  • Zech 11:3
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    3Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

  • Isa 35:9
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    9No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it– they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,

  • Isa 30:6
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    6This is an oracle about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Amos 3:8
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    8A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

  • Prov 30:30
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    30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

  • Jer 49:29
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    29Their tents and their flocks will be taken away. Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off. People will shout to them,‘Terror is all around you!’”