King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 13:7
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
5
I did know thee 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 have they forgotten me.
7
Therefore I will be unto 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] thine help.
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God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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