²¹ Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

²⁵ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

³ Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.