Hosea 13:7-9

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⁷So I will become like a lion to them;
    like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.^(A)
⁸I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
    and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
    as a wild animal would mangle them.

⁹I will destroy you, O Israel;
who can help you?^[a]