John Trapp on Hosea 13:7

Verſe 7. Therefore will I be unto them as a lion, as a leopard, &c.] Thus ſtill God proceedeth to uſe ſimilitudes by the miniſtery of his Prophets, as he did before verſe 3.Exod. 19.4. Dent. 32.10, 11. Mat. 23.37. He here compareth himſelf (who otherwhere is compared to an Eagle, bearing her young upon her wings; to a Hen hovering over chickens, to a father cheriſhing his children, &c) to a lion, yea to an old lion, which taketh the prey but ſeldom, and therefore is more ravenous of it, when taken; (See chap. 5.14.) to a leopard, or panther, that diligently obſerveth by the way, and lieth in wait for his prey, and uſeth ſubtilty, as not being ſo ſwift of foot: confer Ier. 5.6. To a Bear robbed of her whelps,Plin. lib. 10. cap. 57. Scal. exere. 208. which are very dear to her. To any other cruell creature, verſe 8. as the Tiger that flieth upon the very picture of a man, and teareth it, or if he cannot come at it, teareth himſelf for anger. Neither is it for nothing (ſaith Rivet) that God compareth himſelf here to all theſe together: but to ſhew that there was no hope of eſcape, neither could he that had avoided one danger, be ſafe from another. So dreadfull a thing is it to fall into the puniſhing hands of the living God. Oh conſider this ye that forget God: leaſt he tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver you.