He is to me as a bear laying in wait, as a lion in concealed places.
Come, and let us return to LORD, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away, I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.
And if [my head] exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He has walled up my ways with hewn stone. He has made my paths crooked.
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.