Isaiah 2:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 against every high tower,(A)
against every fortified wall,
Isaiah 5:26-29
Christian Standard Bible
26 He raises a signal flag for the distant nations(A)
and whistles(B) for them from the ends of the earth.
Look—how quickly and swiftly they come!
27 None of them grows weary or stumbles;(C)
no one slumbers or sleeps.
No belt is loose
and no sandal strap broken.
28 Their arrows are sharpened,
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion’s;(D)
they roar like young lions;(E)
they growl and seize their prey
and carry it off,
and no one can rescue it.
Jeremiah 4:7
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7 A lion has gone up from his thicket;(A)
a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his lair
to make your land a waste.
Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.(B)
Jeremiah 5:6
Christian Standard Bible
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)
Jeremiah 50:17
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The Return of God’s People
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)
Jeremiah 51:38
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38 They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl like lion cubs.
Joel 1:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 For a nation has invaded my land,(A)
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.(B)
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