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“So I will be like a lion to them.
    Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road.
I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs;[a]
    I will tear open their ribs.
I will devour them like a lion—
    the wild beasts will rip them apart.

“You have destroyed yourself, Israel,
    although I remain your help.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:8 The Heb. lacks of her cubs

So I will be like a lion(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like 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)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(E) against your helper.(F)

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