Hosea 13:8
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I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.

as a.

2 Samuel 17:8 And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.

Proverbs 17:12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

Amos 9:1-3 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . .

wild beast.

Psalm 80:13 The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.

Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

Isaiah 56:9 All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.

Jeremiah 12:9 Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? is it as a bird dyed throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all ye beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.

Context
God's Anger
7And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians. 8I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8
And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.

Psalm 50:22
Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

Jeremiah 25:38
He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Hosea 2:12
And I will destroy her vines, and her fig trees, of which she said: These are my rewards, which my lovers have given me: and I will make her as a forest and the beasts of the field shall devour her.

Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

Lexicon
Like a bear
כְּדֹ֣ב (kə·ḏōḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1677: The bear

robbed of her cubs,
שַׁכּ֔וּל (šak·kūl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7909: Childless

I will attack them,
אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ (’ep̄·gə·šêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6298: To come in contact with, to concur

and I will tear
וְאֶקְרַ֖ע (wə·’eq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7167: To rend

open their chests.
סְג֣וֹר (sə·ḡō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5458: Shut up, the breast, gold

There
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

I will devour them
וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם (wə·’ō·ḵə·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

like a lion,
כְּלָבִ֔יא (kə·lā·ḇî)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3833: To roar, a lion,

like a wild
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

beast
חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

would tear them apart.
תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃ (tə·ḇaq·qə·‘êm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open


Additional Translations
Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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.

I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
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