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So I will be (A)like a lion to them;
Like a (B)leopard I will [a]lie in wait by the wayside.
I will encounter them (C)like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [b]the chest enclosing their heart;
There I will also (D)devour them like a lioness,
As a beast of the field would rip them open.

It is your ruin, O Israel,
[c]That you are (E)against Me, against your (F)help.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:7 Or watch
  2. Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
  3. Hosea 13:9 Or But in Me is your help