24 Here is a people who will rise up like a lion,

And like the lion, it will raise itself up.+

It will not lie down until it eats prey

And drinks the blood of the slain ones.”

“Just as the lion growls, a strong young lion,* over its prey,

When a whole group of shepherds is called together against it,

And it is not terrified by their voice

Or daunted by their commotion,

So will Jehovah of armies come down to wage war

Over Mount Zion and over her hill.