I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.

The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness – who will rouse him?

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.

The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

“‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.