Hosea 13:7

I will become like a lion to them; 1 like a leopard I will watch along the path. 1

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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

6When you had pasture, then you became full; 1 and when you were filled, your heart became lifted up. 1 For that reason you forgot me. 1

8I will attack them as a bear that is robbed of her cubs. 1 I will rip open their chests, 1 and there I will devour them as a lion, 1 as a wild beast would tear them to pieces. 1

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Cross References

Job 10:16If my head were lifted up, 1 you would stalk me like a lion; 1 and again you would show yourself with marvellous acts of power against me. 1

Jeremiah 5:6So a lion from a thicket will attack them. A wolf from the Arabah will ruin them. 1 A lurking panther will come against their cities. Anyone who goes outside his city will be torn apart. 1 For their transgressions increase. Their acts of faithlessness are unlimited. 1

Hosea 5:14So I will be like a lion to Ephraim, 1 and like a young lion to the house of Judah. 1 I, even I, will tear and go away; 1 I will carry them off, 1 and there will be no one to rescue them. 1

Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest 1 when he has no victim? 1 Will a young lion growl from his den 1 if he has caught nothing? 1

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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