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a tearing lion Nebuchadnezzar.

They open their mouth against me: – These bulls just mentioned open their mouth against me and tear me. Although it is not the way of bulls to tear, yet these bulls are like

A tearing and roaring lion: – i.e. a lion which is tearing and roaring, אריה (lion) (here) lacks the kaph of comparison. Similarly we have, "Judah is a lion's whelp" (Gen. 49:9); "Issachar is a strong ass" (ibid. 14); "Naphtali is a hind let loose" (ibid. 21), and such like. The roaring of the lion after he has torn is for joy and pride, as (says) the text (Amos. 3:4): "Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey ? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing?" So it is with enemies; after killing and plundering us, they rejoice and behave as insolent boasters.