Hosea 5:14

Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Judah: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

In Context

13And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judah his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to King Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.

15I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and then shall they seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me early, saying,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:31Thy calf shall be slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.

Job 10:7For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: 1 But who is he that can deliver out of thy hands? 1

Psalms 7:2O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: 1 Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 1

Isaiah 5:29They rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion’s whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast them forth, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Hosea 2:12And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.

Hosea 13:7And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:9-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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