World English Bible
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.”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
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.
10
Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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