For so Jehovah has said to me: As the lion roars, even the young lion on his prey when the band of shepherds are called against him, he will not fear their voice, and not is humbled because of their noise. So Jehovah of Hosts shall go down to fight on Mount Zion, and on its hill.
And I said, I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary of holding in, and I was not able.
And Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
In that day I will make spring up a horn to the house of Israel, and I will give to you the opening of the mouth in their midst. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.
And he said: Jehovah will roar from Zion and give His voice from Jerusalem. And the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion being of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame so as to open the scroll, and to loose its seven seals.