God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
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.