“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.”
Hosea 13:8 (BSB)
Context Reading
6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me. 7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. 8Like 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. 9You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me — against your helper. 10Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?