Hosea 5:14

So 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

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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

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, 1 and Judah saw his wound, 1 then Ephraim went to Assyria, 1 and Judah sent messengers to the great king. 1 But he was not able to cure you people 1 or heal your wound. 1

15I will go and return to my place, 1 until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, 1 until they earnestly seek me in their distress.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slain before your eyes, but you will not eat its meat; your donkey will be forcibly taken away from before you and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to aid you.

Job 10:7although you know I am not guilty 1 and there is no one who can rescue me from your hand? 1

Psalms 7:2Otherwise, they will rip me apart like a lion, 1 tearing me in pieces with no one else able to bring me to safety. 1

Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. 1 They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue. 1

Hosea 2:12“I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, 1 of which she has said, 1 'These are the wages that my lovers gave me.' 1 I will make them a forest, 1 and the animals of the field will eat them. 1

Hosea 13:7I will become like a lion to them; 1 like a leopard I will watch along the path. 1

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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