For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and none shall rescue him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lioness. Hebrew and Septuagint, "panther. "(Haydock)
The Assyrians, instead of assisting, proved the ruin of both kingdoms.