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Hosea 13:7

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Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

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  1. Hosea 13:5

    I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

  2. Hosea 13:6

    According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

  3. Hosea 13:8

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  4. Hosea 13:9

    O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.