³⁸ Like a lion^(A) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(B)
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor^(C)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(D)

¹⁴ For I will be like a lion^(A) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(B) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(C)

⁷ So I will be like a lion^(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

¹² The lion killed^(A) enough for his cubs
    and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs^(B) with the kill
    and his dens with the prey.^(C)