The young lions roar after their prey
Or, "at the prey" {f}; for, according to the Scriptures, it seems
as if their time of roaring was when they have got their prey,
and are tearing it and feeding on it, and not till then, (
Amos 3:4 ) (
Isaiah 31:4 )
though naturalists tell us, that, when they are pinched with
hunger, they make such a hideous roaring, as quite stupefies, as
well as terrifies, other creatures; that they have no power to
stir, till they come up to them, and become their prey, who
otherwise could outrun them; for the lion is neither a swift
creature, nor of good scent: wherefore, according to credible
accounts, a creature called a "jackal", little bigger than a fox,
hunts its prey for it, and secures it till it comes up to it.
Young lions are rather mentioned, because their appetite is
keenest, and their voice loudest and strongest. This creature is
an emblem of Satan, who goes about like a roaring lion, seeking
whom he may devour, ( 1 Peter 5:8 ) .
And seek their meat from God;
as all creatures in their way do; as the ravens by crying, so the
young lions by roaring; neither one nor other can provide for
themselves, but God, in his providence, supplies them all with
food; see ( Psalms
104:27 Psalms
104:28 ) ( Psalms
145:15 Psalms
145:16 ) . And should not we seek and ask our meat of God
too, even both temporal and spiritual? And may we not expect it
from him? Does he feed the ravens, and also the young lions, and
will he not take care of his own people, and feed them with food
convenient for them, and especially when they ask it of him? (
Psalms
34:10 ) ( Luke 12:24 ) ( 11:13 ) .