Discovery BoxHosea 13:8 
Context13:8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs –
I will rip open their chests.
I will devour them there like a lion –
like a wild animal would tear them apart.
Hosea 13:16
Context13:16 (14:1) 1 Samaria will be held guilty, 2
because she rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword,
their infants will be dashed to the ground –
their 3 pregnant women will be ripped open.
1 sn Beginning with 13:16, the verse numbers through 14:9 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 13:16 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:1 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:9 ET = 14:10 HT. Thus ch. 14 in the Hebrew Bible has 10 verses.
2 tn Or “must bear its guilt” (NIV similar); NLT “must bear the consequences of their guilt”; CEV “will be punished.”
3 tn Heb “his.” This is a collective singular, as recognized by almost all English versions.
