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Hosea 13:7
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Hosea 13:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 13:7 in other translations
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
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In context
4 Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
9 You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
10 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
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