Hosea 13:4-8

Expanded Bible

⁴ “I, the Lord, have been your God
    since you were in the land of Egypt.
You ·should have known no [must not acknowledge any] other God except me [Ex. 20:3].
    ·I am the only one who saves [^LThere is no savior but me].
⁵ I ·cared for them [^Lknew you] in the ·desert [wilderness]
    ·where it was hot and dry [in the land of drought].
⁶ I gave them ·food [pasture], and they became full and satisfied.
    But then they became too proud and forgot me.
⁷ That is why I will be like a lion to them,
    like a leopard ·waiting [lurking] by the ·road [path].
⁸ I will ·attack [meet them] like a bear robbed of her cubs,
    ripping their ·bodies [chest] open.
I will devour them like a lion
    and tear them apart like a wild animal.