Hosea 13:8
I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,and will tear the covering of their heart.There I will devour them like a lioness.The wild animal will tear them.
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7Therefore I am like a lion to them.Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me,against your help.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Psalms 80:13The boar out of the wood ravages it.The wild animals of the field feed on it.
Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lioness.They will roar like young lions.Yes, they shall roar,and seize their prey and carry it off,and there will be no one to deliver.
Jeremiah 12:9Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
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 →