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So I will be like a lion to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
I will attack them like a bear bereaved of her cubs,
    and will tear open their rib cage.
There I will devour them like a lion,
    as the wild beast would tear them to pieces.

O Israel, you are destroyed,[a]
    but in Me is your help.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 Heb. he has destroyed you.

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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