Judah is like a lion.
My son, you are like a lion
standing over the animal it killed.
Judah is like a lion.
He lies down to rest,
and no one is brave enough
to disturb him.
Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par
The people are as strong as a lion.
They fight like a lion.
And that lion will not rest,
until he has eaten his enemy.
And that lion will not rest,
until he drinks the blood
of the people who are against him.”
“Israel is like a lion,
curled up and lying down.
Yes, they are like a young lion,
and no one wants to wake him!
Any person who blesses you
will be blessed.
And any person who speaks against you
will have great troubles.”