Numbers 24:8-9

24:8 God brought them out of Egypt.

They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull;

they will devour hostile people ¹ 

and will break their bones

and will pierce them through with arrows.

24:9 They crouch and lie down like a lion,

and as a lioness, ²  who can stir him?

Blessed is the one who blesses you,

and cursed is the one who curses you!’”

Jeremiah 50:44

50:44 “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 Babylonians off of their land.

Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose.

For there is no one like me.

There is no one who can call me to account.

There is no ruler that can stand up against me.

Hosea 11:10

God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel

11:10 He will roar like a lion,

and they will follow the Lord;

when he roars,

his children will come trembling ³  from the west.

Amos 3:8

3:8 A lion has roared! ⁴  Who is not afraid?

The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy? ⁵ 

Revelation 5:5

5:5 Then ⁶  one of the elders said ⁷  to me, “Stop weeping! ⁸  Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; ⁹  thus he can open ¹⁰  the scroll and its seven seals.”

¹ tn Heb “they will devour nations,” their adversaries.

² tn On the usage of this word see HALOT 517 s.v. לָבִיא.

³ tn When the verb חָרַד (kharad, “to tremble”) is used with prepositions of direction, it denotes “to go or come trembling” (BDB 353 s.v. חָרַד 4; e.g., Gen 42:28; 1 Sam 13:7; 16:4; 21:2; Hos 11:10, 11). Thus, the phrase מִיָּם…וְיֶחֶרְדוּ (vÿyekherdu…miyyam) means “to come trembling from the west.” Cf. NAB “shall come frightened from the west.”

⁴ sn The roar of the lion is here a metaphor for impending judgment (see 1:2; cf. 3:4, 12). Verses 7-8 justify Amos’ prophetic ministry and message of warning and judgment. The people should expect a prophetic message prior to divine action.

⁵ sn Who can refuse to prophesy? When a message is revealed, the prophet must speak, and the news of impending judgment should cause people to fear.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁷ tn Grk “says” (a historical present).

⁸ tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).

⁹ tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”

¹⁰ tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.