ἐνκατέλιπεν ὥσπερ λέων κατάλυμα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν εἰς ἄβατον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μαχαίρας τῆς μεγάλης.

1. ἐνκατέλιπεν
   abandoned
2. ὥσπερ
   just as
3. λέων
   lion
4. κατάλυμα
   lodging
5. αὐτοῦ
   his
6.  
   ,
    
7. ὅτι
   that
   because
8. ἐγενήθη
   it happened
   became, came into existence
9. ἡ
   the
   or
10. γῆ
    land
    earth
11. αὐτῶν
    their
    of them
12. εἰς
    into
13. ἄβατον
    inaccessible
    desolation, impassable
14. ἀπὸ
    from
15. προσώπου
    face
16. τῆς
    of the
    the
17. μαχαίρας
    sword
    swords
18. τῆς
    of the
    the
19. μεγάλης
    great
20.  
    .
     

He abandoned his lodging just as a lion does, because their land became inaccessible from the face of the great sword.