Hosea 13:7

And I will be to them like a lioness, like a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.

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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

6According to their pastures, they have been filled up and have been satisfied. And they have lifted up their heart, and they have forgotten me.

8I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.

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Cross References

Job 10:16And because of pride, you will seize me like a lioness, and having returned, you torment me to an extraordinary degree.

Jeremiah 5:6For this reason, a lion from the forest has struck them down, a wolf toward evening has laid waste to them, a leopard lies in wait over their cities. All who go out from there will be taken. For their transgressions have been multiplied; their rebellions have been strengthened.

Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah. I myself will seize and go forth. I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.

Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion’s young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?

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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