Hosea 13:4-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Yet I have been the Lord your God
ever since the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,
and besides me there is no savior.(A)
5 It was I who fed[a] you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought.(B)
6 When I fed[b] them, they were satisfied;
they were satisfied, and their heart was proud;
therefore they forgot me.(C)
7 So I will become like a lion to them;
like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.(D)
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild animal would mangle them.
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