Hosea 13:7

As a leopard, &c.— As a leopard in the way to the Assyrians. Houbigant.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will be unto them as a lion - They had waxen fat, were full; yet it was, to become themselves a prey. Their wealth which they were proud of, wh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as. lion. App-92. Compare Hosea 5:14 . as. leopard. Compare Jeremiah 5:6 by the way. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Sept...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet denounces again on the Israelites the vengeance of God; and as they were become torpid through their own flatteries, as we have alr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them : I will be unto them as a lion - שחל shachal is supposed to me...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: Therefore I will be unto them as a lion - ( Hosea 5:14...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the f...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will be ... — More correctly, have become ... as a panther in the way do I lie in wait. The idea of this and the following verses is that of a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvati...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning from this main line of the divine message, we now examine the prophet's interpolations. These set forth the history of Israel indicating thei...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not presume to interpret those verses as with an eye to mercy only; no doubt they contain under several similitudes, tokens of the Lord's heavy...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE JUDGMENT OF GOD’S ANGER ‘I will be unto them as a lion.’ Hosea 13:7 I. Apostasy from Jehovah, which appears here also as Israel’s chief...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion , Because of their idolatry, ingratitude, luxury, and especially their forgetfulness of God, which is last m...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]: Ver. 7. Therefore will I be unto them as a lion, as a leop...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

According to their pasture , &c. As I was their shepherd, and provided pasture for them, so they were fully fed; they had an abundant plenty of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ingratitude of Israel. B. C. 722. 5...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore; since they have so abused my gifts by luxury, pride, and atheistical forgetfulness of me, of what I had done for them, what I deserved a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Isra...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Therefore am I to them as a lion, As a leopard will I watch by the way, I will meet them as a bear which is bereaved of her whelps, And will rend...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:5 . Know ] i.e. cared for them, and loved them as his own ( Psalms 144:3 ; Amos 3:2 ). Hosea 13:6 .] A reproo...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea was full of complaints against the people of God; for, in his day, they had very sadly wandered from the Lord. They had even forgotten him. In...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 13:1 . When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; When we are little in our own esteem, when we are full of fears concern...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.”...
The Biblical Illustrator

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Wilderness-knowledge God knows His people where nobody else will take any noti...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the co...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Benefits Scorned by Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the way will I observe them, lurking by the path ready to pounce upon his victims;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:2 ; Amos 3:4 ; Amos 3:8 ; Hosea 5:14 ; Isaiah 42:13 ; Jeremiah 5:6 ; Lamentations 3:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Observe them — Watch for them, that I might be sure to take them.

⁷ Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

Related Commentaries of Hosea 13:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hosea 13:7