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I will devour you like a hungry lioness and mangle you like a wild animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear <i>that is</i> bereaved <i>of her whelps</i>, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will meet them like a bear deprived <i>of her cubs;</i> I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; I will also devour them there like a lioness, <i>As</i> a wild animal would tear them to pieces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, <i>As</i> a wild beast would tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open the chest <i>enclosing</i> their heart; There I will also devour them like a lioness, <i>As</i> a beast of the field would rip them open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and rip you apart like a bear robbed of her cubs. I will gnaw on your bones, as though I were a lion or some other wild animal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart: and there will I devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their ribs. I will devour them like a lion— the wild beasts will rip them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs--I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion--like a wild animal would tear them apart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I meet them as a bereaved bear, "" And I tear the enclosure of their heart, "" And I consume them there as a lioness, "" A beast of the field tears them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and I will rend the enclosure of their heart, and devour them there as a lion: the beast of the field shall cleave them asunder.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young, and tear their hearts from their breasts; I will devour them on the spot like a lion, as a wild animal would rip them open. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will meet them like a bear that tears its prey in pieces, and I will pierce the crust of their heart; and there a lion shall devour them; the wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall meet with them like a bear that is wounded and I shall seek the membrane of their heart, and a lion will eat them there, and a wild beast shall tear them to pieces<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, And will rend the enclosure of their heart; And there will I devour them like a lioness; The wild beast shall tear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/13-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=2012" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/13.htm">God's Anger</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1677.htm" title="1677: kə·ḏōḇ (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A bear. Or dowb; from dabab; the bear.">Like a bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/7909.htm" title="7909: šak·kūl (Adj-ms) -- Childless. Or shakkul; from shakol; bereaved.">robbed of her cubs</a> <a href="/hebrew/6298.htm" title="6298: ’ep̄·gə·šêm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To meet, encounter. A primitive root; to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur.">I will attack them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7167.htm" title="7167: wə·’eq·ra‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To tear. A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively.">and I will tear</a> <a href="/hebrew/5458.htm" title="5458: sə·ḡō·wr (N-msc) -- An enclosure, encasement. From cagar; properly, shut up, i.e. The breast; also gold.">open their chests.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">There</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ō·ḵə·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">I will devour them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3833.htm" title="3833: kə·lā·ḇî (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- To roar, a lion.">like a lion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">like a wild</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yaṯ (N-fsc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">beast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: tə·ḇaq·qə·‘êm (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs:: 3mp) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">would tear them apart.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a></span><br />It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a></span><br />Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-10.htm">Lamentations 3:10</a></span><br />He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a></span><br />It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a></span><br />He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></span><br />They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm">Isaiah 31:4</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:6</a></span><br />Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-16.htm">Job 10:16</a></span><br />Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Psalm 7:2</a></span><br />or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-2.htm">Revelation 13:2</a></span><br />The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a></span><br />Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-19.htm">Luke 10:19</a></span><br />Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.</p><p class="hdg">as a.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a></b></br> For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they <i>be</i> mighty men, and they <i>be</i> chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father <i>is</i> a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a></b></br> Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1-3</a></b></br> I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered… </p><p class="hdg">wild beast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Psalm 80:13</a></b></br> The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Isaiah 5:29</a></b></br> Their roaring <i>shall be</i> like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry <i>it</i> away safe, and none shall deliver <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9</a></b></br> All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, <i>yea</i>, all ye beasts in the forest.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/8-4.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/daniel/11-40.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/hosea/13-7.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Caul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Chests</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-5.htm">Cubs</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Dogs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Enclosure</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">Encounter</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Face</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-2.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-2.htm">Lioness</a> <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Open</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Rip</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-5.htm">Whelps</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/3-7.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/john/14-18.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/exodus/29-13.htm">Caul</a> <a href="/revelation/15-6.htm">Chests</a> <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/nahum/2-11.htm">Cubs</a> <a href="/amos/1-4.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Dogs</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Enclosure</a> <a href="/luke/14-31.htm">Encounter</a> <a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Field</a> <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/luke/1-51.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Lioness</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/amos/4-12.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">Rip</a> <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Whelps</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/joel/2-8.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Ephraim's glory vanishes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">God's anger.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">God's mercy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">The judgment of Samaria.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, this metaphor illustrates God's intense anger and protective nature over His people, Israel. The imagery of a bear is used elsewhere in Scripture to depict ferocity and strength (<a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a>). The cultural understanding of bears in ancient Near Eastern societies would have been one of respect and fear, emphasizing the seriousness of God's impending judgment.<p><b>I will attack them</b><br>This phrase signifies God's active role in bringing judgment upon Israel. Historically, the Northern Kingdom of Israel faced numerous threats from surrounding nations, and this divine intervention is portrayed as a direct consequence of their idolatry and unfaithfulness. The use of the first person "I" underscores God's personal involvement and the certainty of the coming judgment.<p><b>and I will tear open their chests</b><br>The graphic imagery here highlights the severity of the punishment. In ancient warfare, such brutal actions were not uncommon, and this serves as a metaphor for the complete devastation that would befall Israel. The tearing open of chests can also symbolize the exposure of the heart, revealing the true nature and sinfulness of the people.<p><b>There I will devour them like a lion</b><br>Lions are often used in the Bible to represent power and majesty, as well as destruction (<a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Amos 3:8</a>). This phrase suggests the inevitability and thoroughness of God's judgment. The lion's role as a predator in the natural world parallels the unstoppable nature of divine retribution against those who have turned away from God.<p><b>like a wild beast tearing them apart</b><br>The repetition of animal imagery reinforces the theme of unavoidable and violent judgment. Wild beasts in the ancient world were seen as uncontrollable and dangerous, much like the consequences of Israel's disobedience. This phrase serves as a stark warning of the chaos and destruction that result from forsaking the covenant with God. The tearing apart signifies not just physical destruction but also the disintegration of the social and spiritual fabric of the nation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC, Hosea's ministry focused on calling Israel to repentance and warning of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and alliances with foreign nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who, through Hosea, expresses His righteous anger and impending judgment on Israel for their spiritual adultery and rebellion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bear_and_lioness.htm">Bear and Lioness</a></b><br>Metaphors used to describe God's fierce and protective nature, emphasizing the intensity of His judgment against Israel's sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/wild_beasts.htm">Wild Beasts</a></b><br>Symbolic of the destructive forces that God will unleash as a consequence of Israel's persistent disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is not arbitrary but a response to persistent sin and rebellion. Understanding His righteous nature helps us appreciate His justice and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual and physical destruction. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism and self-reliance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_protective_nature_of_god.htm">The Protective Nature of God</a></b><br>Like a bear or lioness protecting her young, God fiercely protects His covenant relationship. This should encourage us to remain faithful and trust in His protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, God's ultimate desire is for repentance and restoration. We should seek to turn back to God in areas where we have strayed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>The fulfillment of prophetic warnings in Scripture assures us of the reliability of God's Word. We should live in light of His promises and warnings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_addiction.htm">What does the Bible say about addiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_considered_male_or_female.htm">Is God considered male or female?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_13_7-8_show_god_as_loving.htm">Hosea 13:7-8: Does the graphic depiction of God as a devouring predator align with a loving deity, or does it represent an inconsistency in the biblical portrayal of God's character?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_blasphemy.htm">How does the Bible describe lions' strength and power?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) The same imagery is continued to describe the destructive wrath of the Lord. "The caul of the heart" means here the covering of the heart, not the pericardium, but the breast in which the claws of the beast are fastened.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart.</span> The noun <span class="hebrew">דֹב</span> is epicene, that is, the one form serves for both genders, as here the masculine includes the feminine, and is used as such. Of all animals, Jerome says, the she-bear is the fiercest, either when robbed of her whelps or in want of food. <span class="accented">Seghor</span> being that which encloses the heart, is either the pericardium, the immediate and proper enclosure of the heart, or the breast itself. The reference is to a beast of prey which seizes its victim by the breast and tears it open, so that the heart is exposed. The verb <span class="hebrew">פגש</span> is akin to <span class="hebrew">פגע</span>, the meaning of the root-syllable <span class="hebrew">פג</span>, to meet, strike, being the same in both. Such is the continuation of the picture of the threatened punishment. The picture of the severity of the Divine judgment here presented is very terrible. Kimchi remarks on this picture: "A bear robbed, whose young ones they have slain, which is bereft and bitter in spirit, if it find man or beast rends it speedily." Some understand the verse figuratively, as though it meant "'I will rend their obstinate heart,' the enclosure of the heart being equivalent to a shut or obstinate heart, as, in ver. 5 of this same chapter, 'a land of drought' is pretty much the same as 'a dry or parched land.' Thus the Chaldee translates, 'I have broken the wickedness of their heart.'" <span class="cmt_word">And there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.</span> <span class="accented">Sham</span> there refers <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> to '<span class="accented">al-derekh</span> of the preceding verse; or, <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> as Kimchi explains it, as referring to their cities: "There in their cities shall I destroy them by pestilence and by the sword of the enemy, like the lion that teareth without pity;" or, <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> more simply still, "there on the spot." The <span class="hebrew">ֵשחִת</span>, equivalent to <span class="hebrew">אתָּה</span>, is the wild beast as opposed to <span class="hebrew">בִי</span>, domestic animals. While some were to be destroyed by famine and pestilence, others would perish by the wild beast of the field. "Also," says Kimchi, "shall the wild beast of the field rend them outside (<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. outside their cities), as, ' I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/13-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Like a bear</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּדֹ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḏōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1677.htm">Strong's 1677: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">robbed of her cubs,</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁכּ֔וּל</span> <span class="translit">(šak·kūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7909.htm">Strong's 7909: </a> </span><span class="str2">Childless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will attack them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·gə·šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6298.htm">Strong's 6298: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in contact with, to concur</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will tear</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶקְרַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eq·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7167.htm">Strong's 7167: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">open their chests.</span><br /><span class="heb">סְג֣וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(sə·ḡō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5458.htm">Strong's 5458: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shut up, the breast, gold</span><br /><br /><span class="word">There</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁם֙</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will devour them</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ō·ḵə·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a lion,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלָבִ֔יא</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3833.htm">Strong's 3833: </a> </span><span class="str2">To roar, a lion,</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a wild</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beast</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיַּ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would tear them apart.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇaq·qə·‘êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 13:8 I will meet them like a bear (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/13-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 13:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 13:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/13-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 13:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 13:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>