Lexicon :: Strong's H2963 - ṭārap̄

“Benjamin is a [fn]ravenous wolf;

In the morning he devours the prey,

And at night he divides the spoil.”

Of Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;

He lurks like a lioness,

And tears the arm and the crown of the head.

“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,

He has gnashed at me with his teeth;

My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,

Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,

Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,

Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],

And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

They open wide their mouths against me,

Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,

Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

Keep deception and lies far from me;

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

Feed me with the food that is my portion,

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,

A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,

A leopard is watching their cities.

Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,

Because their transgressions are many,

Their desertions of faith are countless.

‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,

He became a [young] lion,

And he learned to catch and tear the prey;

He devoured men.

‘And he moved among the lions;

He became a young lion,

He learned to tear the prey;

He devoured men.

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim

And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear to pieces and go on [tearing];

I will carry off [the prey] and there will be no one to rescue them.

“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the LORD,

For He has torn us, but He will heal us;

He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Thus says the LORD,

“For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword,

Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy;

His destructive anger raged continually,

And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.

The remnant of Jacob

Shall be among the nations,

In the midst of many peoples

Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep

Which, if he passes through,

Tramples down and tears into pieces [the nations in judgment],

And there is no one to rescue.

The lion [of Assyria] tore enough for his cubs (Assyrian citizens),

Killed [enough prey] for his lionesses,

And filled his lairs with prey

And his dens with torn flesh.