Lexicon :: Strong's H2964 - ṭerep̄

“Judah is a young lion —

my son, you return from the kill.

He crouches; he lies down like a lion

or a lioness ​— ​who dares to rouse him?

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.

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,

the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;

the desert provides nourishment for their children.

I shattered the fangs of the unjust

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Can you hunt prey for a lioness

or satisfy the appetite of young lions

You are resplendent and majestic

coming down from the mountains of prey.

The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God.

He has provided food for those who fear him;

he remembers his covenant forever.

Blessed be the LORD,

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

She rises while it is still night

and provides food for her household

and portions[fn] for her female servants.

Their roaring is like a lion’s;

they roar like young lions;

they growl and seize their prey

and carry it off,

and no one can rescue it.

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.

“You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it flourish? Will he not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit so that it shrivels? All its fresh leaves will wither! Great strength and many people will not be needed to pull it from its roots.

“She brought up one of her cubs,

and he became a young lion.

After he learned to tear prey,

he devoured people.

“He prowled among the lions,

and he became a young lion.

After he learned to tear prey,

he devoured people.

“The conspiracy of her prophets within her is[fn] like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

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.

“Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the LORD of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.