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Hosea 13:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 13:7

Verse 7 of 16

Scripture focus

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:

Hosea 13:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 13:7

Theological / Devotional

As a lion. A figure that fittingly depicts the destruction that inescapably follows Israel’s sin. The ravenous beasts mentioned here, the lion with its ferocity and the leopard with its fleetness, symbolize the soon-coming invasion of the Assyrians that will bring to an end the northern kingdom (see 2 Kings 17:1-6). The fatted sheep in their luxuriant pasture (Hosea 13:6) will soon become the prey of the devourers.

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