Hosea 13:4-8

New International Version

⁴“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.^(A)
You shall acknowledge^(B) no God but me,^(C)
    no Savior^(D) except me.
⁵I cared for you in the wilderness,^(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
⁶When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;^(F)
    then they forgot^(G) me.^(H)
⁷So I will be like a lion^(I) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
⁸Like a bear robbed of her cubs,^(J)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion^(K) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.^(L)

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Hosea 13:4-8

New American Standard Bible

⁴Yet I have been the ^(A)Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know ^(B)any god except Me,
For there is no savior ^(C)besides Me.
⁵I ^[a]^(D)cared for you in the wilderness,
^(E)In the land of drought.
⁶As they had their pasture, they became ^(F)satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their ^(G)heart became proud;
Therefore they ^(H)forgot Me.
⁷So I will be ^(I)like a lion to them;
Like a ^(J)leopard I will ^[b]lie in wait by the wayside.
⁸I will confront them ^(K)like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open ^[c]their chests;
I will also ^(L)devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.