Isaiah 38:13

He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

“Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”

God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall consume the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger.

Therefore Yahweh says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says Yahweh, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.

Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.

She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to Yahweh’s mouth. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke to him.”

Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.

I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.