'Lions' in the Bible

The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions whelps.