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So, I will be like a lion to them,
    like a leopard by the road I will keep watch.
(A)I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young,
    and tear their hearts from their breasts;
I will devour them on the spot like a lion,
    as a wild animal would rip them open.

[a]I destroy you, Israel!
    who is there to help you?

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9–10 Only God can save Israel, not the king, whom Israel had requested from the Lord (1 Sm 8:1–9).

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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