“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”
Hosea 13:7 (KJV)
Context Reading
5¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8I 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.