Ezekiel 19:7

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 22:25 also uses the roaring lion metaphor for destructive leaders devouring prey; both describe violent rulers causing devastation.

Ezekiel 45:8 instructs princes not to oppress, contrasting the destructive prince of 19:7 who laid waste cities.

Proverbs 28:15 directly calls a wicked ruler a roaring lion, strongly echoing the lion imagery of this verse.