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Summary
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.
Wild beast
Bible References
As a
2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said - Thou, knowest thy father and his men - that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field, - thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Proverbs 17:12
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
Amos 9:1
I saw My Lord stationed by the altar, and he said - Smite the capital - that the sills, may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, and, the last of them, with the sword, will I slay, - He that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not make good his escape.
Wild beast
Psalm 80:13
The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
Isaiah 5:29
A roar, hath he, like a lioness, - He will roar like wild lions - And will growl, and lay hold on prey, and carry into safety, and there be none to deliver.
Isaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field! come ye to devour, All ye beasts in the forest.
Jeremiah 12:9
Is it, a variegated bird of prey, that mine inheritance is to me? The birds of prey, are round about against her! Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field bring them to devour.