Hushai added, “You know that your father and his men are strong men. They are as dangerous as a wild bear when something has taken its babies. Your father is a skilled fighter. He will not stay {all night} with the people.
Jeremiah 51:38 - Easy To Read Version “The people of Babylon\par are like roaring young lions.\par They growl like baby lions.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They [the Chaldean lords] shall be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [over their prey], they [the princes] shall be growling like lions' whelps. American Standard Version (1901) They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps. Common English Bible Like lions they will roar together; they will growl like lions’ cubs. Catholic Public Domain Version They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall roar together like lions: they shall shake their manes like young lions. |
Hushai added, “You know that your father and his men are strong men. They are as dangerous as a wild bear when something has taken its babies. Your father is a skilled fighter. He will not stay {all night} with the people.
Powerful people will become\par weak and hungry.\par But the people that go to God for help\par will have every good thing.\par
Lord, those people are like lions.\par So Lord, break their teeth.\par
There will be no dangers on that road. There will be no lions on that road to hurt people. There will be no dangerous animals on that road. That road will be for the people God saves.
The enemy shouts, and their shout is like a lion’s roar. It is loud like a young lion. The enemy growls and grabs the people it is fighting against. The people struggle and try to escape. But there is no person to save them.
Young lions’ (enemies) roar at Israel.\par The lions growl.\par Lions have destroyed the land of Israel.\par The cities of Israel have been burned.\par There are no people left in them.\par
Listen to the crying shepherds.\par Their powerful leaders were taken away.\par Listen to the roaring of the young lions.\par Their thick bushes near the Jordan River\par have all been taken away.\par
Then Delilah called out to him, “Samson, the Philistine men are going to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will escape like I did before and free myself.” But Samson did not know that the Lord had left him.