Isa 31:4 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 4. Like as the lion ] This comparison is exactly in the spirit and manner, and very nearly approaching to the expression, of Homer . βηριμενωστελεωνορεσιτροφοςοστεπιδευης δηρονεηκρειωνκελεταιδεεθυμοςαγηνωρ μηλωνπειρησοντακαιεςπυκινονδομονελθειν ειπεργαρχευρησιπαραυτοψιβωτοραςανδρας συνκυσικαιδουρεσσιφυλασσονταςπεριμηλα ουραταπειρητοςμεμονεσταθμοιοδιεσθαι αλλογαρηηρπαξεμεταλμενοςηεκαιαυτος εβλητενπρωτοισιθοηςαποχειροςακοντι Iliad xii. 299. As the bold lion, mountain-bred, now long Famished, with courage and with hunger stung Attempts the thronged fold: him nought appals, Though dogs and armed shepherds stand in guard Collected; he nathless undaunted springs O'er the high fence, and rends the trembling prey; Or, rushing onward, in his breast receives The well-aimed spear. Of metaphors, allegories, and comparisons of the Hebrew poets, in which the Divine nature and attributes are represented under images taken from brutes and other low objects; of their effect, their sublimity, and the causes of it; see De Sac. Poes. Heb ., Praelect. xvi. sub. fin.

‏ Isaiah 31:4

Verse 4. Like as the lion] This comparison is exactly in the spirit and manner, and very nearly approaching to the expression, of Homer.

βηριμενωστελεωνορεσιτροφοςοστεπιδευης

δηρονεηκρειωνκελεταιδεεθυμοςαγηνωρ

μηλωνπειρησοντακαιεςπυκινονδομονελθειν

ειπεργαρχευρησιπαραυτοψιβωτοραςανδρας

συνκυσικαιδουρεσσιφυλασσονταςπεριμηλα

ουραταπειρητοςμεμονεσταθμοιοδιεσθαι

αλλογαρηηρπαξεμεταλμενοςηεκαιαυτος

εβλητενπρωτοισιθοηςαποχειροςακοντι

Iliad xii. 299.

As the bold lion, mountain-bred, now long

Famished, with courage and with hunger stung

Attempts the thronged fold: him nought appals,

Though dogs and armed shepherds stand in guard

Collected; he nathless undaunted springs

O'er the high fence, and rends the trembling prey;

Or, rushing onward, in his breast receives

The well-aimed spear.

Of metaphors, allegories, and comparisons of the Hebrew poets, in which the Divine nature and attributes are represented under images taken from brutes and other low objects; of their effect, their sublimity, and the causes of it; see De Sac. Poes. Heb., Praelect. xvi. sub. fin.