Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

"I am against you!" declares the Lord who commands armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."

Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.