I've been confused on this because a couple of verses later it shows that Israel will have their babies dashed on rocks & their pregnant women ripped open. Why did God say this to Israel?
Hosea 13:8
ESV - 8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.
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