They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
Parallel translations
- WEB They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
- KJV They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
- NKJV “They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
- NASB They will walk after the Lord, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar, And His sons will come trembling from the west.
- NLT For someday the people will follow me. I, the Lord, will roar like a lion. And when I roar, my people will return trembling from the west.
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Quick answer
One day God's people will follow him reverently when he roars like a lion, and the scattered will return trembling. It promises a future regathering in awe of the Lord.
Overview
The lion's roar here summons rather than merely terrifies, calling exiles home from the west. Their trembling reflects reverent fear and humble return. This points to the gospel ingathering of God's people from many lands, drawn back to the Lord through his powerful call.
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Cross-references · 29
- Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Isa 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Jer 25:30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Isa 64:2as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
- Jer 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Rom 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Pet 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- Acts 24:25As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
- Jer 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
- Hab 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- Zech 8:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
- John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Jer 7:9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Amos 3:8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
- Jer 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jer 33:9So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
- Mic 4:5Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- Jer 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
- Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- Isa 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Ps 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- Isa 42:13The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
- Job 37:1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
- Isa 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Hos 6:1–3Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
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