Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

Cross-reference

Hosea 5:14 Parallel

Hosea 5:14 explicitly uses the same lion metaphor: God tears like a lion and no one rescues, reinforcing the judgment theme.

2 Samuel 17:8 uses the exact same phrase 'bear robbed of her cubs' to describe David's warriors — a parallel idiom for fierceness.

Proverbs 17:12 uses the identical 'bear robbed of her cubs' to compare meeting a fool — a parallel to the danger described.

2 Kings 2:24 shows she-bears tearing people as divine judgment, a direct parallel to the bear attack imagery here.

Job 10:16 Parallel

Job 10:16 uses lion hunting imagery for God's attack, mirroring the lion metaphor for divine judgment in Hosea.

Psalm 50:22 Parallel

Psalm 50:22 has God warning he will tear apart with no deliverer, exactly matching the divine tearing judgment here.

Jeremiah 5:6 uses the same judgment imagery of wild animals (lion, wolf, leopard) tearing Israel for their transgressions, echoing the bear and lion here.

Lamentations 3:10 directly uses both bear and lion as God attacking, identical to the two animals named here.

1 Peter 5:8 Contrast

In 1 Peter 5:8, the lion represents the devil, not God — contrasting the divine judgment here with Satan's predatory attacks.

Isaiah 56:9 Parallel

Isaiah 56:9 calls wild beasts to devour Israel's leaders — a parallel summons of animals for judgment.

Jeremiah 12:9 also uses wild beasts devouring as divine judgment on God's heritage, echoing the same predatory imagery.

Isaiah 5:29 Parallel

Isaiah 5:29 uses lion imagery for an invading army seizing prey — a parallel metaphor for judgment with no rescue.

Jeremiah 25:38 says God leaves his lair like a lion in fierce anger, paralleling the lion imagery of divine judgment here.