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Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them].
Hosea 13:7 · Webster 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:
So like a lion I will pounce on 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 thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for [there is] no savior besides me.
5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.
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 to 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.
9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thy help.
10 I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
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