Hosea 13:8

New International Version

Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.

Psalm 50:22

“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Psalm 80:13

Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.

Isaiah 56:9

Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!

Jeremiah 12:9

Has not my inheritance become to me like a speckled bird of prey that other birds of prey surround and attack? Go and gather all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.

Jeremiah 25:38

Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of the oppressor and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.

Hosea 2:12

I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.