It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!

Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches."