A moment in scripture
Hosea 13:8
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
- Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
- Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
- Hosea 13:10
I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.