Hosea 13:7

So ¹  I will pounce on them like a lion; ²  like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

So I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.

So now I will attack you like a lion, or like a leopard that lurks along the road.

"I'll charge them like a lion, like a leopard stalking in the brush.

So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.

"So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;

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.”