Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Cross-references
Hosea 5:14 uses the exact same lion metaphor for God's judgment — tearing and carrying off without rescue.
Hosea 6:1 uses the same tearing metaphor but adds healing — showing judgment intended for restoration.
Jeremiah 5:6 also mentions a lion and a leopard as agents of judgment for apostasy — directly echoing the lurking predators in 13:7.
Lamentations 3:10 pictures God as a bear and lion lying in wait — the same predator-ambush image used in 13:7.
Amos 1:2 has the LORD roaring like a lion from Zion — the same roar of judgment that 13:7 likens to a lion.
In Jeremiah 2:15, lions roar against Israel's cities — directly parallels God as a lion bringing devastation.
In Jeremiah 25:30, the Lord roars from on high — this directly echoes God as a lion declaring judgment.
In Jeremiah 25:30, the lion's roar is against the land — same imagery of divine judgment as a predator.
In Job 10:16, Job describes God hunting him like a lion — same image of God as predator, but Job is an innocent sufferer, not Israel being judged.