Isa 42:13, Hos 5:14, 13:7-8, Joe 2:11-13, 3:16, Amo 1:2, 3:8 | ESV | STEP | The Lord goes out like a mighty man , like a man of war he stirs up his zeal ; he cries out , he shouts aloud , he shows himself mighty against his foes .

Isaiah 42:13

13 ^aThe Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war ^bhe stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, ^che shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Hosea 5:14

14 For I will be ^dlike a lion to ^eEphraim,
and like a young lion to the house of ^fJudah.
^gI, even I, will tear and go away;
I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

Hosea 13:7-8

7 So ^hI am to them like a lion;
ⁱlike a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them ^jlike a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
^kas a wild beast would rip them open.

Joel 2:11-13

11 ^lThe Lord utters his voice
before ^mhis army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
ⁿhe who executes his word is powerful.
^oFor the day of the Lord is ^pgreat and very awesome;
^qwho can endure it?

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^r“return to me with all your heart,
^swith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^trend your hearts and not ^uyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^vfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^wand he relents over disaster.

Joel 3:16

16 ^xThe Lord roars from Zion,
and ^yutters his voice from Jerusalem,
^zand the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is ^aaa refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

2 And he said:

^ab“The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
^acthe pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the ^adtop of ^aeCarmel withers.”

Amos 3:8

8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
^afThe Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”