~ as the lion ~ 23_ISA_31_04  For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. #, 24_JER_25_38  He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion, for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. #,