# So a lion ... A wolf ... A leopard ... torn apart

"Like a lion from the thicket, a wolf from the Arabah, and a leopard, enemy armies will come against their cities, attack them, and destroy them. Anyone who goes outside his city will be killed"

# thicket

a set of bushes that grew closely together.

# wolf

a large wild dangerous dog

# is watching

"is watching for an opportunity to attack"

# For their transgressions increase

"For they sin much"

# Their acts of apostasy are numerous

"They disobey me in very many ways"