Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

This is what the Lord says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch."

Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.