Hosea 13:7

13:7 So ¹  I will pounce on them like a lion; ² 

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Hosea 5:14

The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile

5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim,

like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I myself will tear them to pieces,

then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

[13:7]  ¹ tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (va’ehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore”; NCV “That is why.”

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so NASB); NIV “I will come upon them like a lion.”