World English Bible
Hosea 13:7
“Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
5
I knew you 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 they have forgotten me.
7
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
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.
9
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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