Hosea 13:4-8

New Century Version

⁴ “I, the Lord, have been your God
    since you were in the land of Egypt.
You should have known no other God except me.
    I am the only one who saves.
⁵ I cared for them in the desert
    where it was hot and dry.
⁶ I gave them food, 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 by the road.
⁸ I will attack like a bear robbed of her cubs,
    ripping their bodies open.
I will devour them like a lion
    and tear them apart like a wild animal.