Hosea 13:7
King James Version
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe”
Context
4Yet I the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for no saviour beside me.
5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
8I will meet them as a bear bereaved and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me thine help.
10I will be thy king: where that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?