Hosea 13:8
I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
7And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
9O Israel, who will aid you in your destruction?
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8And Chusi said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, + 17:8 Heb. and Alex. omit the wods in italics. and as a wild boar in the plain: and your father is a man of war, and will not give the people rest.
Psalms 80:13If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways, 1
Isaiah 5:29They rage as lions, and draw near 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.
Jeremiah 12:9Is not my inheritance to me a hyaena's cave, or a cave round about her? Go you⌃, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.
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 →