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    So I’ll be like a lion to them,
        like a panther stalking the roadside.
    I’ll meet them like a bear who’s lost her cubs;
        I’ll rip open their chests.
    I’ll devour them as if I’m a lion,
        and I’ll tear them apart as if I’m a wild animal.

    This is why you’re going to be destroyed, Israel:
        you’re against Me, against the One who’s helping you!

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So I will be like a lion(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(B)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(C) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(D)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(E) against your helper.(F)

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