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Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

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ASV

their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

KJV

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׁאָגָ֥הshe.'a.GahroaringH7581 →
ל֖וֹloof it
כַּלָּבִ֑יאka.la.Vi'[is] like <the> lionH3833 →
יִשְׁאַ֨גyi.sha.'agit will roarH7580 →
כַּכְּפִירִ֤יםka.ke.fi.Rimlike <the> young lionsH3715 →
וְיִנְהֹם֙ve.yin.Homso it may growlH5098 →
וְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.Chezand it may seizeH270 →
טֶ֔רֶףTe.refpreyH2964 →
וְיַפְלִ֖יטve.yaf.Litso it may carry [it] offH6403 →
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
מַצִּֽיל׃ma.Tzil[is] a delivererH5337 →

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Isaiah 42:22But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?Isaiah 49:24–25Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?Zechariah 11:3Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Hosea 13:8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.Numbers 24:9He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Isaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.Jeremiah 51:38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:Hosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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