Hosea 13:7
Good News Translation
So I will attack you like a lion. Like a leopard I will lie in wait along your path.

New Revised Standard Version
So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.

Contemporary English Version
Now I will attack like a lion, ambush you like a leopard,

New American Bible
So, I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard by the road I will keep watch.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.

Hosea 5:14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

Isaiah 42:13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.

Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.

Lamentations 3:10 Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Amos 1:2 And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is withered.

Amos 3:4,8 Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? . . .

Context
God's Anger
6According to their pastures they were filled, and were made full: and they lifted up their heart, and have forgotten me. 7And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.8I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.…
Cross References
Revelation 13:2
And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his own strength and great power.

Job 10:16
And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning, thou tormentest me wonderfully.

Jeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.

Jeremiah 25:38
He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Lamentations 3:10
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

Hosea 13:6
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