Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They will walk after the Lord,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

King James Version

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Holman Bible

They will follow the Lord;
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.

International Standard Version

They will go after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; and when he roars, the children will come trembling from the west.

A Conservative Version

They shall walk after LORD, who will roar like a lion. For he will roar, and the sons shall come trembling from the west.

American Standard Version

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

Amplified


They will walk after the Lord [in obedience and worship],
Who will roar like a lion;
He will roar [summoning them]
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

Bible in Basic English

They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

Darby Translation

They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:

Julia Smith Translation

They shall go after Jehovah: as a lion shall he roar: for he shall roar, and the sons of the waters shall tremble.

King James 2000

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall come trembling from the west.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They will go after Yahweh; he roars like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from [the] sea.

Modern King James verseion

They shall walk after Jehovah; He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, then the sons shall tremble from the west.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD roareth like a lion, that they may follow him. Yea, as a lion roareth he, that they may be afraid like the children of the sea:

NET Bible

He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

New Heart English Bible

They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

The Emphasized Bible

After Yahweh, let them go, Like a lion, will he roar, - When, he, shall roar, then let sons, come trembling, out of the West.

Webster

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

World English Bible

They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

Youngs Literal Translation

After Jehovah they go -- as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

the Lord

Usage: 0

he shall roar
שׁאג 
Sha'ag 
Usage: 20

אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

שׁאג 
Sha'ag 
Usage: 20

חרד 
Charad 
Usage: 39

References

Hastings

Context Readings

God Will Have Compassion

9 I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. 10 They will walk after the Lord,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.
11 they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.

Cross References

Isaiah 31:4

For thus the LORD said to me, "As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.

Joel 3:16

The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2

And he said: "The LORD roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers."

Jeremiah 25:30

"You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: "'The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zechariah 8:7

Thus says the LORD of hosts: behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country,

Job 37:1

"At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place.

Psalm 2:11

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Isaiah 49:10

they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.

Isaiah 64:2

as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil-- to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, "I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 33:9

And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

Hosea 3:5

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 6:1-3

"Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?"

Micah 4:5

For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

Zechariah 10:12

I will make them strong in the LORD, and they shall walk in his name," declares the LORD.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Acts 24:25

And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you."

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

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