Hosea 13:8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would mangle them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, “You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the troops.

Psalm 50:22

“Mark this, then, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.

Psalm 80:13

The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey, they carry it off, and no one can rescue.

Isaiah 56:9

All you wild animals, all you wild animals in the forest, come to devour!

Jeremiah 12:9

Is the hyena greedy for my heritage at my command? Are the birds of prey all around her? Go, assemble all the wild animals; bring them to devour her.

Jeremiah 25:38

Like a lion he has left his covert; for their land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of his fierce anger.

Hosea 2:12

I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, “These are my pay, which my lovers have given me.” I will make them a forest, and the wild animals shall devour them.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.