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 6:9

6:9 The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,

lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.

They commit murder on the road to Shechem;

they have done heinous crimes!

[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.”