Hosea 13:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷Now I will attack like a lion,
    ambush you like a leopard,
⁸and rip you apart like a bear
    robbed of her cubs.
I will gnaw on your bones,
as though I were a lion
    or some other wild animal.
⁹Israel, you are done for.
    Don't expect help from me.^[a]

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Footnotes

13.9 Don't … me: Or “You are against me, the one who helps you.”

Hosea 13:7-9

New International Version

⁷So I will be like a lion^(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
⁸Like a bear robbed of her cubs,^(B)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion^(C) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.^(D)