Hosea 13:7

And I am to them as a lion, || I look out as a leopard by the way.

Literal Standard Version

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

6They are satiated according to their feedings, || They have been satiated, || And their heart is lifted up, || Therefore they have forgotten Me,

8I meet them as a bereaved bear, || And I tear the enclosure of their heart, || And I consume them there as a lioness, || A beast of the field tears them.

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Cross References

Job 10:16And it rises—as a lion You hunt me. And You turn back—You show Yourself wonderful in me.

Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion out of the forest has struck them, || A wolf of the deserts spoils them, || A leopard is watching over their cities, || Everyone who is going out of them is torn, || For their transgressions have been many, || Their backslidings have been mighty.

Hosea 5:14For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, || And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I tear and go, || I carry away, and there is no deliverer.

Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in a forest and he has no prey? Does a young lion give out his voice from his habitation, || If he has not caught?

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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