So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God.

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.