New English Translation
Hosea 13:8
8I 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.
Hosea 13:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.
Context of Hosea 13:8
6When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me! 7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. 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. 9I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you? 10Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, “Give me a king and princes”?
Read all of Hosea 13Hosea 13:8 word by word
אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ כְּדֹ֣ב שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע סְג֣וֹר לִבָּ֑ם וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם שָׁם֙ כְּלָבִ֔יא חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will meetפָּגַשׁpâgash · to meetH6298
- them as a bearדֹּבdôb dôb · bearH1677
- bereavedשַׁכּוּלshakkûl shakkûl · childlessH7909
- and will rendקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
- the caulסְגוֹרsegôr · enclosureH5458
- of their heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- and there will I devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- them like a lionלָבִיאlâbîy' lebîyâ' lebâ'îym lebâ'ôth · lionH3833
- the wildשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: wildlifeH7704
- beastחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
- shall tearבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
Cross-references for Hosea 13:8
- 2 Samuel 17:8Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
- Proverbs 17:12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
- Amos 9:1I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, “Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.
- Psalms 80:13The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.
- Isaiah 5:29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
- Isaiah 56:9All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
- Jeremiah 12:9The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. But other birds of prey are all around them. Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own.
Commentaries on Hosea 13:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8As a bear - bereaved - This is a figure to denote excessive ferocity. See the note on 2 Samuel 17:8; (note), where a remarkable instance is given. And will rend the caul of their heart - Every savage beast goes first to the seat of the blood when it has seized its prey; as in this fluid they delight more than in the most delicate parts of the flesh. There will I devour them like a lion - לביא labi, the old strong lion; drinking the blood, tearing the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8As a bear bereaved of her whelps - The Syrian bear is fiercer than the brown bears to which we are accustomed. It attacks flocks 1 Samuel 17:34, and even oxen. The fierceness of the she-bear, “bereaved of her whelps,” became a proverb (2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; and here).: “They who have written on the nature of wild beasts, say that none is more savage than the she-bear, when she has lost her whelps or lacks food.” It blends wonderfully most…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8God judged Israel using the Assyrian army as his tool for punishment. The description of God's attack highlights the Assyrians' cruelty to those they conquered.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. "Writers on the natures of beasts say that none is more savage than a she bear, when bereaved of her whelps" [Jerome]. caul of ... heart--the membrane enclosing it: the pericardium. there--"by the way" (Ho 13:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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