Hosea 13:9
And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
In Context
8I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding the heavens in thy help, And in His excellency the skies.
2 Kings 17:7And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God — who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt — and fear other gods,
Psalms 33:20Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
Psalms 121:1A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
Proverbs 6:32He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
Isaiah 3:9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.
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 →