KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
WEB World English Bible
I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
ASV American Standard Version
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 lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
Surrounding context — Hosea 13
5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:
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.
9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
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?
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
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אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙H6298 · pa.gashto meetכְּדֹ֣בH1677 · dovbearשַׁכּ֔וּלH7909 · shak.kulchildlessוְאֶקְרַ֖עH7167 · qa.rato tearסְג֣וֹרH5458 · se.gorenclosureלִבָּ֑םH3820 · levheartוְאֹכְלֵ֥םH398 · a.khalto eatשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereכְּלָבִ֔יאH3833 · le.vilionחַיַּ֥תH2416 · chayaliveהַשָּׂדֶ֖הH7704 · sa.daySirionתְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃H1234 · ba.qato break up/open
Cross-references
2 Samuel 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Isaiah 5:29Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].Psalm 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.Amos 9:1-3I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.Psalm 80:13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.Jeremiah 12:9Mine heritage [is] unto me [as] a speckled bird, the birds round about [are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
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