Hosea 13:8
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will tear open their chests, like a lion will devour them, and like a wild beast will tear them in pieces.
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In Context
7So now I will be to them like a lion, like a leopard will I lay in wait by the path.
9You are destroyed, Israel, by me, your only helper.
Cross References
Psalms 80:13to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?
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 →