Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
A lion
And a wolf
A leopard
General references
Bible References
A lion
Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and growled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 4:7
The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 25:38
He has forsaken his lair, like a lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the thickets of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will arraign me? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Ezekiel 14:16
Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
Daniel 7:4
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and none shall rescue him.
Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Nahum 2:11
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?
And a wolf
Psalm 104:20
You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen press proudly on, their horsemen shall come from afar; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.
A leopard
Daniel 7:6
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Revelation 13:2
And the beast that I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
General references
Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: