“The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.”

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.