Hosea 5:14

¹⁴For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.

Hosea 5 is a courtroom indictment where God, through the prophet, levels charges against the religious and political leadership of Israel and Judah. The chapter moves from a specific accusation of pride and spiritual adultery to a terrifying description of divine withdrawal. God dec