Psa 17:12, Isa 10:6-14, Jer 51:34 | ESV | STEP | He is like a lion eager to tear , as a young lion lurking in ambush .

Psalms 17:12

12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion ^alurking in ambush.

Isaiah 10:6-14

6 Against a ^bgodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^cspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^dtread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he ^edoes not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
^f“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 ^gIs not ^hCalno like ⁱCarchemish?
Is not ^jHamath like ^kArpad?
^lIs not ^mSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ⁿthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^oher idols
^pas I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 ^qWhen the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, ^rhe ^{▼▼Hebrew I} will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 ^tFor he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”

Jeremiah 51:34

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon ^uhas devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
^vhe has swallowed me like ^wa monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out. ^{▼▼Or he has expelled me}