⁹ he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize a victim;
he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

¹² They are^[a] like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.^(A)

²⁹ Their roaring is like a lion’s;^(A)
they roar like young lions;^(B)
they growl and seize their prey
and carry it off,
and no one can rescue it.

¹⁵ The young lions have roared at him;^(A)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.^(B)
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.

⁶ Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.^(A)
A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.
A leopard^(B) stalks their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,^(C)
their unfaithful deeds numerous.^(D)

⁵ If you have raced with runners
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble^[a] in a peaceful land,
what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?^(A)

³⁸ He has left his den like a lion,
for their land has become a desolation
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor,^(A)
because of his burning anger.

¹⁷ Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.^(A)
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last who crushed his bones
was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.^(B)

³ Listen to the wail^(A) of the shepherds,^(B)
for their glory is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of young lions,^(C)
for the thickets of the Jordan^(D) are^[a] destroyed.