Hosea 13:8

Sin

⁶ According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

⁷ Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

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.

⁹ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

¹⁰ I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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 would tear them apart.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: jeg vil møte dem som en bjørn som ungene er tatt fra, og sønderrive deres hjertes dekke[^1]; jeg vil fortære dem som en løvinne; markens ville dyr skal sønderslite dem.
OTB: Jeg vil møte dem som en bjørn berøvet for sine unger,
Og jeg vil rive opp deres bryst.
Jeg vil også fortære dem der som en løvinne,
Som et vilt dyr ville rive dem i stykker.
B1930: jeg vil møte dem som en bjørn som ungene er tatt fra, og sønderrive deres hjertes dekke; jeg vil fortære dem som en løvinne; markens ville dyr skal sønderslite dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
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Jeremiah 12:9
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
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Amos 9:1–3
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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Psalms 80:13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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Isaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
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