Hosea 13:8

Good News Translation

I will attack you like a bear that has lost her cubs, and I will tear you open. Like a lion I will devour you on the spot, and will tear you to pieces like a wild animal.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.

Psalm 50:22

“Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.

Psalm 80:13

wild hogs trample it down, and wild animals feed on it.

Proverbs 17:12

It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.

Isaiah 5:29

The soldiers roar like lions that have killed an animal and are carrying it off where no one can take it away from them.

Isaiah 56:9

The Lord has told the foreign nations to come like wild animals and devour his people.

Jeremiah 12:9

My chosen people are like a bird attacked from all sides by hawks. Call the wild animals to come and join in the feast!

Jeremiah 25:38

The Lord has abandoned his people like a lion that leaves its cave. The horrors of war and the Lord's fierce anger have turned the country into a desert.

Hosea 2:12

I will destroy her grapevines and her fig trees, which she said her lovers gave her for serving them. I will turn her vineyards and orchards into a wilderness; wild animals will destroy them.

Hosea 5:14

I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.