Hosea 13:8

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל וְאֶקְרַע סְגוֹר לִבָּם וְאֹכְלֵם שָׁם כְּלָבִיא חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7וָאֱהִי לָהֶם כְּמוֹ ־ שָׁחַל כְּנָמֵר עַל ־ דֶּרֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר ׃

9שִֽׁחֶתְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי ־ בִי בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֶת ־ אָבִיךָ וְאֶת ־ אֲנָשָׁיו כִּי גִבֹּרִים הֵמָּה וּמָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ הֵמָּה כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל בַּשָּׂדֶה וְאָבִיךָ אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה וְלֹא יָלִין אֶת ־ הָעָֽם ׃

Psalms 80:13לָמָּה פָּרַצְתָּ גְדֵרֶיהָ וְאָרוּהָ כָּל ־ עֹבְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ ׃

Isaiah 5:29שְׁאָגָה לוֹ כַּלָּבִיא ושאג כַּכְּפִירִים וְיִנְהֹם וְיֹאחֵז טֶרֶף וְיַפְלִיט וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל ׃

Jeremiah 12:9הַעַיִט צָבוּעַ נַחֲלָתִי לִי הַעַיִט סָבִיב עָלֶיהָ לְכוּ אִסְפוּ כָּל ־ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הֵתָיוּ לְאָכְלָֽה ׃

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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