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What does Hosea 13:8 mean?
"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."
— Hosea 13:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
I knew you 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 they have forgotten me.
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
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.
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes?’
I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
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