Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Hosea 5:14; Lamentations 3:10).
leopard—The Hebrew comes from a root meaning "spotted" (compare Jeremiah 13:23). Leopards lurk in thickets and thence spring on their victims.
observe—that is, lie in wait for them. Several manuscripts, the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic read, by a slight change of the Hebrew vowel pointing, "by the way of Assyria," a region abounding in leopards and lions. English Version is better.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 13:7:
Jeremiah 5:6
Lamentations 3:10-13
Daniel 6:28
Daniel 7:6
Hosea 13:8
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