'Lion' in the Bible

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.