H3117Unto this dayH6213they do[H8802] H7223after the formerH4941mannersH3373: they fearH3068not the LORDH6213, neither do[H8802] H2708they after their statutesH4941, or after their ordinancesH8451, or after the lawH4687and commandmentH3068which the LORDH6680commanded[H8765] H1121the childrenH3290of JacobH7760, whom he named[H8804] H8034 H3478Israel;
H4481IH6925 H7761make[H8752] H2942a decreeH3606, That in everyH7985dominionH4437of my kingdomH1934men tremble[H8748] H2112 H1763and fear[H8751] H4481beforeH6925 H426the GodH1841of DanielH2417: for he is the livingH426GodH7011, and stedfastH5957for everH4437, and his kingdomH3809that which shall notH2255be destroyed[H8721] H7985, and his dominionH5705shall be even untoH5491the end.
H738Wherefore a lionH3293out of the forestH5221shall slay[H8689] H2061them, and a wolfH6160of the eveningsH7703shall spoil[H8799] H5246them, a leopardH8245shall watch[H8802] H5892over their citiesH3318: every one that goeth out[H8802] H2007thence shallH2963be torn in pieces[H8735] H6588: because their transgressionsH7231are many[H8804] H4878, and their backslidingsH6105are increased[H8804] .
H559Then said[H8799] H8085he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed[H8804] H6963the voiceH3068of the LORDH1980, behold, as soon as thou art departed[H8802] H738from me, a lionH5221shall slay[H8689] H3212thee. And as soon as he was departed[H8799] H681from himH738, a lionH4672found[H8799] H5221him, and slew[H8686] him.
H559Wherefore they spake[H8799] H4428to the kingH804of AssyriaH559, saying[H8800] H1471, The nationsH1540which thou hast removed[H8689] H3427, and placed[H8686] H5892in the citiesH8111of SamariaH3045, know[H8804] H4941not the mannerH430of the GodH776of the landH7971: therefore he hath sent[H8762] H738lionsH4191among them, and, behold, they slay[H8688] H3045them, because they know[H8802] H4941not the mannerH430of the GodH776of the land.