Hosea 13:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Hosea 13:7

5 ^aI¹ knew you in the wilderness,
^bIn the land of¹ great drought.

6 ^aWhen they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

7 “So ^aI will be to them like a lion;
Like ^ba leopard by the road I will lurk;

8 I will meet the¹m ^alike a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The wild beast shall tear them.

9 “O Israel,¹ you are destroyed,
But¹ your help is from Me.

10 ¹I will be your King;
^aWhere is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom ^byou said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?

11 ^aI gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.

12 “The^a iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.

13 ^aThe sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.

14 “I will ransom them from the¹ power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
^aO Death,¹ I will be yo¹ur plagues!
O Grave,² I will be your destruction!
^bPity is hidden from My eyes.”

15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
^aAn east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.

16 Samaria¹ is held guilty,
For she has ^arebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child ^bripped open.

Verse Comparison: Hosea 13:7

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American Standard Version
Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

Amplified® Bible
Therefore I have become to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the way [to Assyria] {and} watch them.

Contemporary English Version
Now I will attack like a lion, ambush you like a leopard,

Darby English Version
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

Good News Bible
So I will attack you like a lion. Like a leopard I will lie in wait along your path.

King James Version
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

New American Standard Bible
So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.

New International Version
So I will come upon them like a lion,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

New King James Version
' So I will be to them like a lion;
Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So I will resemble a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.

Revised Standard Version
So I will be to them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.

Young's Literal Translation
And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

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