'Prey' in the Bible
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
He prowled among the lions,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.
“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey for you. I will judge between one sheep and another.
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild animals of the land will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.