Hosea 13:7

So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

In Context

6When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

8I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

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Cross References

Job 10:16And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

Jeremiah 5:6And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

Hosea 5:14For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.

Amos 3:4Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:6-9

Ingratitude of Israel. ( b. c. 722.) 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. We may observe here,… Read the whole commentary →

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