‏ Hosea 13:7-8


7 So
tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (vaʾehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore,” NCV “That is why.”
I will pounce on them like a lion;
tn Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so NASB, NIV11); cf. NIV84 “I will come upon them like a lion.”

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs
I will rip open their chests.
I will devour them there like a lion
like a wild animal would tear them apart.
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