Hosea 13:8
I will be like a mother bear whose cubs have been taken, I will rip out their hearts. I shall devour them like a lion, like a wild beast I will tear them apart.
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7So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lie in wait beside the path.
9You have destroyed yourselves, Israel, for your only help is in me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8“You know what your father and his men are like. They're great fighters, and now they're as furious as a she-bear robbed of her cubs. In any case, your father is experienced in military tactics, and he won't spend the night with his men.
Psalms 80:13Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
Isaiah 5:29They roar like lions, like young lions. They growl, and pounce on their prey. They drag it off so it can't be rescued.
Jeremiah 12:9My people are like a spotted bird of prey to me with other birds of prey circling to attack it. Go and bring all the wild animals to eat up the carcass.
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 →