“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets [who gave you My revelation],
And some of your young men to be Nazirites (dedicated ones).
Is this not true, O you children of Israel?” says the Lord.

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?

“I sent a plague among you like [those of] Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses,
I made the stench of your camp rise up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.

“In that day the beautiful virgins
And [even the vigorous] young men shall faint from thirst.