Metaphorical Shifts in the Oracle Against Babylon (Jeremiah 50-51)

I am like a lion to Ephraim

“…This view can be further supported by a number of texts from the book of Jeremiah, where, among other things, Yahweh appears as a lion. Pierre van Hecke has made a highly informative analysis of the use of the shepherd image in Jer 50Á51, ''Metaphorical Shifts in the Oracle Against Babylon (Jer 50Á51)'', 9 in which he shows how the shepherd imagery is used partly in the argument and partly to structure these two chapters. This is primarily the case with Jer 50:6Á7, 8, 11Á13, 17Á18, 19Á20, 44Á45 and Jer 51:38Á40.…”