<p class="poetry">So<n id="1" /> I will pounce on them like a lion;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a leopard I will lurk by the path.p>

<p class="poetry">But there is little hope for you ever doing good,p> <p class="poetry">you who are so accustomed to doing evil.p> <p class="poetry">Can an Ethiopian<n id="1" /> change the color of his skin?p> <p class="poetry">Can a leopard remove its spots?<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,p> <p class="poetry">come with me from Lebanon.p> <p class="poetry">Descend from the crest of Amana,p> <p class="poetry">from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,p> <p class="poetry">from the lions&#8217; densp> <p class="poetry">and the mountain haunts of the leopards.p>

<p class="poetry">A wolf will reside<n id="1" /> with a lamb,p> <p class="poetry">and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;p> <p class="poetry">an ox and a young lion will graze together,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a small child leads them along.p>

<p class="poetry">Their horses are faster than leopardsp> <p class="poetry">and more alert<n id="1" /> than wolves in the desert.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their horses<n id="3" /> gallop,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their horses come a great distance;p> <p class="poetry">like a vulture<n id="5" /> they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them.p> <p class="poetry">Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them.p> <p class="poetry">Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their citiesp> <p class="poetry">and totally destroy anyone who ventures out.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have rebelled so muchp> <p class="poetry">and done so many unfaithful things.<n id="2" />p>