8 “Judah, as for you, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
aYour father’s sons shall bow down to you.
9 Judah is a alion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
bHe crouches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lioness, who dares rouse him up?
10 aThe scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes,
And bto him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 aHe ties his foal to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
bHe washes his garments in wine,
And his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes are dark from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.