Lexicon :: Strong's G2339 - thēra

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

“So now take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in,

“‘Bring me game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the LORD’s presence before I die.’

Jacob replied to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”

Then he said, “Bring it closer to me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it closer to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from his hunting.

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ”

“If it was actually torn apart by a wild animal, he is to bring it as evidence; he does not have to make restitution for the torn carcass.

A people rise up like a lioness;

they rouse themselves like a lion.

They will not lie down until they devour the prey

and drink the blood of the slain.

They are[fn] like a lion eager to tear,

like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,

and let the net that he hid ensnare him;

let him fall into it ​— ​to his ruin.

Blessed be the LORD,

who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

“I will abundantly bless its food;

I will satisfy its needy with bread.

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;

in his place, the wicked one goes in.

A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game,

but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.

For this is what the LORD said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its prey

when a band of shepherds is called out against it,

and it is not terrified by their shouting

or subdued by their noise,

so the LORD of Armies will come down

to fight on Mount Zion

and on its hill.

Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter;

I will be a punishment for all of them.[fn]

I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,

planted in a meadow,

so Ephraim will bring out his children

to the executioner.

Does a lion roar in the forest

when it has no prey?

Does a young lion growl from its lair

unless it has captured something?

The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed

and strangled prey for its lionesses.

It filled up its dens with the kill,

and its lairs with mauled prey.

Woe to the city of blood,

totally deceitful,

full of plunder,

never without prey.