Hosea 13:8 “Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear ope…”

Hosea 13:8

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will meete them, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I will breake the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.

Darby Translation

I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

Young's Literal Translation

I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

Bible in Basic English

I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

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Cross references

“as a”

2 Samuel 17:8 Proverbs 17:12 Amos 9:1–3

2 Samuel 17:8 · BSB

He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

Proverbs 17:12 · BSB

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Amos 9:1–3 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

“wild beast”

Isaiah 5:29 Psalm 80:13 Isaiah 56:9 Jeremiah 12:9

Isaiah 5:29 · BSB

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

Psalm 80:13 · BSB

The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

Isaiah 56:9 · BSB

Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

Jeremiah 12:9 · BSB

Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

Also

Psalm 50:22

Psalm 50:22 · BSB

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

9You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

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