Jeremiah 5:6 (WEB)
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
Fathers and councils · 1
“…seeking what he may devour of our souls or of our words; or a wild boar, trampling under foot the precious and translucent pearls of the Truth; or an Arabian and alien wolf, or one keener even than these in tricks of argument; or a fox, that is a treacherous and faithless soul, changing its shape according to…” — editor's note: Arabian: So the LXX. renders the word which in A.V. Jer. v. 6, is translated “of the evening,” and in the Vulg. “at evening.” R.V. gives as an alternative, “of…
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