⁹ Judah is like a ·young lion [lion cub].
    You have ·returned from killing [^Lcome up from the prey], my son.
Like a lion, he stretches out and ·lies down to rest [crouches],
    and [^Llike a lioness] ·no one is brave enough to [who will…?] wake him.
¹⁰ ·Kings will come from Judah’s family [^LNo one will turn aside the scepter from Judah; ^Ca scepter is a symbol of kingship];
    ·someone from Judah will always be on the throne [^Lthe ruler’s staff/mace from between his feet; ^Canticipates the rise of a perpetual kingship from the tribe of Judah; 2 Sam. 7].
Judah will rule until ·Shiloh comes [or he comes to Shiloh; or he comes to whom it belongs; or tribute comes to him],
    and the ·nations [peoples] will obey him.
¹¹ He ties his donkey to a grapevine,
    his young donkey to the best ·branch [vine].
He ·can afford to use wine to wash his clothes [^Lwashes his clothes in wine]
    and the ·best wine [^Lblood of grapes] to wash his robes.