Hosea 13:8

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

I will encounter them like a bear bereaved, and I will tear open the enclosure of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion; a beast of the field will tear them apart.

Latin

Occurram eis quasi ursa raptis catulis, et dirumpam interiora jecoris eorum, et consumam eos ibi quasi leo: bestia agri scindet eos.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Hosea 13:7–8

God judged Israel using the Assyrian army as his tool for punishment. The description of God's attack highlights the Assyrians' cruelty to those they conquered.

Events

Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC

Related verses

2 Samuel 17:8
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.
Isaiah 5:29
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.
Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Amos 9:1–3
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 flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Isaiah 56:9
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Psalm 80:13
The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Jeremiah 12:9
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.

Glossary

Bear (Animal) Hosea, Book of

Topics

Lion: Fierceness of The Bear: God in his Judgments The Lion of God in Executing Judgments

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