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Moreover, he who before had refused burial to the Jews and wished to throw them with their children to the wild beasts, now offered to make them equal with the Athenians. He had plundered the temple and profaned the Sacred Place; (2 Maccabees 9, 15)
So with one voice, everyone blessed the merciful God. They were strengthened and prepared not only to face men in battle but even the most savage beasts and walls of iron. (2 Maccabees 11, 9)
she has slaughtered her beasts, prepared her wine and laid her table. (Proverbs 9, 2)
the natures of animal species and the ways of wild beasts; the power of spirits and human reasoning; the varieties of plants and medicinal properties of roots. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 20)
You could have given the wicked over to the righteous in battle, or destroyed them in one blow by means of savage beasts or with a harsh command; (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 9)
and the terrible crash of falling rocks, the swift, invisible bounding of animals and the terrifying roar of wild beasts, the echo rebounding from the mountains - all was a cause of fear. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 19)
Who will have pity on the snake-charmer bitten by a snake or on those who go near wild beasts? (Ecclesiasticus 12, 13)
The fangs of wild beasts, scorpions, vipers and the avenging sword for the destruction of the wicked, (Ecclesiasticus 39, 30)
There wild beasts of the desert will lie, howling creatures will fill the houses, owls and ostriches will dwell there and wild goats will leap about. (Isaiah 13, 21)
They will be left to the birds of prey and to the beasts of the earth. The birds will feed on them all summer, and the beasts all winter. (Isaiah 18, 6)
Look at the land of the Chaldeans, a people now of no account. The Assyrians have destined the land to be a place for wild beasts. They have erected siege towers and demolished her bastions, razed her palaces, completely reducing her to ruins. (Isaiah 23, 13)
An oracle concerning the beasts of the Negeb: Through a distressed and troubled land of lions and lionesses, of vipers and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that is of no use to them. (Isaiah 30, 6)
