13:7 So 1 I will pounce on them like a lion; 2
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
1 tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (va’ehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore”; NCV “That is why.”
2 tn Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so NASB); NIV “I will come upon them like a lion.”