Hosea 5:14

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ephraim	לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם le.'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
lion	כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ kha.Sha.chal	H7826	a lion (from his characteristic roar) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lion	וְכַכְּפִ֖יר ve.kha.ke.Fir	H3715	a village (as covered in by walls) · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
tear	אֶטְרֹף֙ 'et.Rof	H2963	to pluck off or pull to pieces · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
away	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
away	אֶשָּׂ֖א 'e.Sa'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
rescue	מַצִּֽיל ma.Tzil	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Micah 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion a…
Psalms 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Hosea 13:7-8 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it awa…
Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos 3:4-8 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Job 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:8–end

Here is, I. A loud alarm sounded, giving notice of judgments coming (Hos 5:8): Blow you the cornet in Gibeah and in Ramah, two cities near together in the confines of the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Gibeah a frontier-town of the kingdom of Judah, Ramah of Israel; so that the warning is hereby sent into both kingdoms. "Cry aloud at Beth-aven, or Bethel, which place seems to be already seized upon by the enemy, and therefore the trumpet is not sounded there, but you hear the outcries of those that shout for mastery, mixed with theirs that are overcome." Let them cry aloud, "After thee, O Benjamin! comes the enemy. The tribe of Ephraim is already vanquished, and the enemy will be upon thy…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 5:14

lion--The black lion and the young lion are emblems of strength and ferocity (Psa 91:13). I, even I--emphatic; when I, even I, the irresistible God, tear in pieces (Psa 50:22), no Assyrian power can rescue. go away--as a lion stalks leisurely back with his prey to his lair.

Adam Clarke on Hosea 5:14

I will be - as a lion - כשחל cashshachel, as a panther or lioness.

John Gill on Hosea 5:14

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,.... Being provoked by their above conduct and behaviour in seeking to others, and not to him, for help, he threatens to punish them in a more public and severe manner; not be to them only as a moth and rottenness, but as a lion, and as a young lion, creatures strong and fierce, that destroy and devour all that come into their hands, and from whom there is no deliverance: thus the Lord was both to Israel and Judah, by means of the Assyrians and Babylonians; the former are compared to a lion, that devoured Israel; and the latter to a young lion, that broke the bones of Judah; see Jeremiah 50:17; and last of all by…

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The Church Fathers

"For I am like a lioness of Ephraim, and like a lion's cub to the house of Judah." LXX: "For I am like a panther to Ephraim, and like a lion in the house of Judah." When they go to Assyria and send to the avenging or the revenger king, who will not be able to heal them; nor to undo the bound chain, I will show that with me opposing, all human help is vain: for I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Judah. For the lioness, which in Hebrew is called Sohel, the Seventy [translators] interpreted it as 'panther,' which is similarly said in Greek and in Latin, and both the name of the beast and every beast can be taken [in this sense]: so that you may recognize whatever is savage in the beasts, as existing in God's indignation. There is nothing swifter than the panther, nothing stronger than the lion: in the panther the swiftness of the destruction of the kingdom of Samaria is significant among the Assyrians; and in the lion, the strongest [beast], is shown their kingdom against Jerusalem and Judah somewhat later in time of the Chaldeans. And because she had said that she was both a lioness or panther, she maintains the metaphor and says:
— Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 5:14

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Dictionary and topics

Lions — The most powerful of all carnivorous animals. Although not now found in Palestine, they must have been in ancient times very numerous there. They had their lairs in the forests (Jer. 5:6; 12:8; Amos…
Afflictions Made Beneficial · In leading us to seek God in prayer — In leading us to seek God in prayer
Ephraim · .Prophecy concerning — .Prophecy concerning
Lion · .Of a ruler’s anger — .Of a ruler’s anger
Lion, The · Illustrative: Of God in executing judgments — Illustrative: Of God in executing judgments

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hosea 5:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 5:14

Adam Clarke on Hosea 5:14

John Gill on Hosea 5:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 5:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 5:14

Adam Clarke on Hosea 5:14

John Gill on Hosea 5:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Hosea 5:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 5:14–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 5:13

Rashi on Hosea 5:14