Psa 22:21, Jer 2:30, Eze 19:3-6, Zep 3:3, Mat 23:31-38, Act 7:52 | ESV | STEP | Save me from the mouth of the lion ! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen !

Psalms 22:21

21 Save me from ^athe mouth of the lion!
You have rescued ^{▼▼Hebrew answered} me from the horns of ^cthe wild oxen!

Jeremiah 2:30

30 In vain have I ^dstruck your children;
they took no correction;
^eyour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.

Ezekiel 19:3-6

3 And she brought up one of her cubs;
^fhe became a young lion,
^gand he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men.
4 The nations heard about him;
^hhe was caught in their pit,
ⁱand they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
^jshe took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,

Zephaniah 3:3

3 ^kHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^levening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.

Matthew 23:31-38

31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^msons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ⁿFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, ^oyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^phell? 34 ^qTherefore ^rI send you ^sprophets and wise men and ^tscribes, ^usome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^vsome you will ^wflog in your synagogues and ^xpersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^ythe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^zAbel to the blood of ^aaZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^acthe sanctuary and ^adthe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^aeall these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^af“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^agkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^ahgathered ^aiyour children together ^ajas a hen gathers her brood ^akunder her wings, and ^alyou were not willing! 38 See, ^amyour house is left to you desolate.

Acts 7:52

52 ^anWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^aothe Righteous One, ^apwhom you have now betrayed and murdered,