Hosea 13:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ like a bear robbed of her young I attack them and rip open the enclosure of their heart. And there I devour them like a lion, a wild beast tear them apart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ I will meet them like a bear that is robbed of her cubs, and I will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness, as a wild beast would tear them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open the covering of their hearts. I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would eat them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.

Hosea 13:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

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Psalm 50:22

“Understand this please, you who forget Eloah, Lest I tear you in pieces, With no one to deliver:

Psalm 80:13

The boar out of the forest ravages it, And the wild beast of the field devours it.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like that of a lion, they roar like young lions. And they growl and seize prey, and slip away, with no one to rescue.

Isaiah 56:9

All you beasts of the field, come to devour, all you beasts in the forest.

Jeremiah 12:9

“My inheritance is to Me like a speckled bird of prey, the birds of prey all around are against her. Go, gather all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour!

Jeremiah 25:38

“Like a lion He shall leave His hiding place, for their land shall become a waste because of the sword of oppressors, and because of His burning displeasure.”

Hosea 2:12

and lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, ‘these are my rewards that my lovers have given me.’ And I shall make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 5:14

“For I am like a lion to Ephrayim, and like a young lion to the house of Yehuḏ