They hide and wait like a lion in the bushes. From their hiding places they wait to catch those who are helpless. They catch them and drag them off in their nets.

他埋伏在暗地，如狮子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要掳去困苦人；他拉网，就把困苦人掳去。

他埋伏在暗地，如狮子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要俘掳困苦人；他拉网，就把困苦人掳去。

他埋伏在暗地，如狮子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要俘掳困苦人；他拉网，就把困苦人掳去。

他们像狮子埋伏在暗处，猎取无助的人，用网罗拖走他们。

他在隐密处埋伏，像狮子埋伏在丛林中；他埋伏要掳走困苦人，他把困苦人拉入自己的网中，掳走了他们。

他埋伏在隐秘处，如同洞穴中的狮子。他埋伏，为要掳走困苦人；他把困苦人拉入自己的网罗，掳走他们。

他埋伏在暗地，如獅子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要擄去困苦人；他拉網，就把困苦人擄去。

他埋伏在暗地，如獅子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要俘擄困苦人；他拉網，就把困苦人擄去。

他埋伏在暗地，如獅子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要俘擄困苦人；他拉網，就把困苦人擄去。

他們像獅子埋伏在暗處，獵取無助的人，用網羅拖走他們。

他在隱密處埋伏，像獅子埋伏在叢林中；他埋伏要擄走困苦人，他把困苦人拉入自己的網中，擄走了他們。

他埋伏於藏匿處，如獅子於叢藪中；他埋伏要擄拿困苦人；一拉困苦人入網，就把他擄去。

他埋伏在隱祕處，如同洞穴中的獅子。他埋伏，為要擄走困苦人；他把困苦人拉入自己的網羅，擄走他們。

潛伏幽暗、如獅在林、伺捕貧人、曳其網而獲之、

彼若獅兮、穴視而耽耽、執貧民兮、羅網之是張、攘奪之是行兮、

暗中潛伏、如獅在洞穴、潛伏以擄掠窮人、窮人陷其網中、遂擄掠之、

耽耽虎視。窮民遭殃。

like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize a victim; he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.

He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize the afflicted; he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

They are like a hungry lion, waiting to attack. They are like a powerful lion, hiding in the bushes.

See how they hide and wait for me! Lord, angry people plan to harm me, even though I haven’t hurt them in any way or sinned against them.

Faithful people have disappeared from the land. Those who are honest are gone. Everyone hides and waits to spill the blood of others. They use nets to try and trap one another.

My whole being will cry out,“ Who is like you, Lord? You save poor people from those who are too strong for them. You save poor and needy people from those who rob them.”

His soldiers rushed out to scatter us. They were laughing at us. They thought they would easily destroy us. They saw us as weak people who were trying to hide. So you wounded Pharaoh’s head with his own spear.

The hired man is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when the hired man sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

Assyria is like a lion. Where is the lions’ den now? Where did they feed their cubs? Where did all the lions go? In their den they had nothing to fear.The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat. He choked what he caught for his mate. He filled his home with what he had killed. He brought to his dens what he had caught.

You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people. Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.

You make poor people pay tax on their straw. You also tax their grain. So, even though you have built stone houses, you won’t live in them. You have planted fruitful vineyards. But you won’t drink the wine they produce.I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.

The evil Babylonians pull all of them up with hooks. They catch them in their nets. They gather them up. So they celebrate. They are glad.

God saves needy people from the cutting words of their enemies. He saves them from their power.So poor people have hope. And God shuts the mouths of those who don’t treat others fairly.

The Lord says,“ The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.

The Lord says,“ The poor are being robbed. Those who are in need groan. So I will stand up to help them. I will keep them safe from those who tell lies about them.”

He has been like a bear waiting to attack me. He has been like a lion hiding in the bushes.

Does a lion roar in the bushes when it doesn’t have any food? Does it growl in its den when it hasn’t caught anything?

Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.

Those who are worthless use sinful methods. They make evil plans against poor people. They destroy them with their lies. They do it even when those people are right.

Listen to the shepherds cry out! Their rich grasslands are destroyed. Listen to the lions roar! The trees and bushes along the Jordan River are gone.

What do you mean by crushing my people? Why are you grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?” announces the Lord. He is the Lord who rules over all.

Anyone who crushes poor people makes fun of their Maker. But anyone who is kind to those in need honors God.

One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.“‘ The mother lion looked and waited. But all her hope was gone. So she got another one of her cubs. She made him into a strong lion.He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

An evil person who rules over helpless people is like a roaring lion or an angry bear.

The people of the land get rich by cheating others. They steal. They crush those who are poor and in need. They treat outsiders badly. They refuse to be fair to them.

“ Jeremiah, some of my people are evil. They hide and wait just as people hide to catch birds. They set traps for people.

Don’t give in to them. More than 40 of them are waiting in hiding to attack him. They have promised that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now. All they need is for you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin.”

Sinners pull out their swords. They bend their bows. They want to kill poor and needy people. They plan to murder those who lead honest lives.

He stands ready to help those who need it. He saves them from those who are ready to sentence them to death.