THEOSISHosea 13:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.
וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
- Hos 5:14For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.
- Lam 3:10Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
- Amos 3:8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
- Amos 1:2And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is withered.
- Isa 42:13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.
- Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?