<p class="poetry">The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and strangled prey to provide food<n id="2" /> for his lionesses;p> <p class="poetry">he filled<n id="3" /> his lairs with preyp> <p class="poetry">and his dens with torn flesh.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">She is full of lies;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">she is filled with plunder;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">she has hoarded her spoil!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I am against you!&#8221; declares<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will burn your chariots<n id="3" /> with fire;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the sword will devour your young lions;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer prey upon the land;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">the voices of your messengers<n id="7" /> will no longer be heard.&#8221;p>