Hosea 13:8
“I will meet them as a beare that is bereaued of her whelpes, and will rent the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a Lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.”
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Hosea 13:8 Context
6According to their pasture, so were they filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me. 7Therefore I will bee vnto them as a Lion, as a Leopard by the way will I obserue them. 8I will meet them as a beare that is bereaued of her whelpes, and will rent the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a Lion: the wilde beast shall teare them. 9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroied thy selfe, but in me is thine helpe. 10I will be thy King: where is any other that may saue thee in all thy cities? and thy Iudges of whom thou saidst, Giue me a King and Princes?
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Other Translations for Hosea 13:8
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.
- King James Version
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.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
- Basic English Bible
I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
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.
- World English Bible
I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hosea 13:8
13:8 Rent - First kill, then tear in pieces, and pull out the very heart.