Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

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Bible References

Will tear

Psalm 7:2

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
Psalm 50:22

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
Micah 5:8

The remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the nations,
In the midst of many peoples
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep
Which, if he passes through,
Tramples down and tears into pieces [the nations in judgment],
And there is no one to rescue.

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Hosea 13:7

So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will watch and lie in wait [ready to attack] by the road [to Assyria].