Hosea 13:7

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

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Hosea 14:6

14:6 His young shoots will grow;

his splendor will be like an olive tree,

his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.


tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (vaehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore”; NCV “That is why.”

tn Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so NASB); NIV “I will come upon them like a lion.”