American Standard Version
"Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; "
— Hosea 13:7, American Standard Version
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”
“Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.”
“So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.”
“And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.”
“So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;”
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”
Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
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.
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.
Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?