Hos 5:14 | JFB | STEP | 14. lion —The black lion and the young lion are emblems of strength and ferocity ( ). I, even I —emphatic; when I, even I, the irresistible God, tear in pieces ( ), no Assyrian power can rescue. go away —as a lion stalks leisurely back with his prey to his lair.

Hosea 5:14

14. lion—The black lion and the young lion are emblems of strength and ferocity (Ps 91:13).

I, even I—emphatic; when I, even I, the irresistible God, tear in pieces (Ps 50:22), no Assyrian power can rescue.

go away—as a lion stalks leisurely back with his prey to his lair.