Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and now their souls are bitter, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war and will not lodge with the people.
Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Smite the threshold and shake the doors and cut the head of them all into pieces; and I will slay the last of them with the sword; there shall be none of them left to flee away or to escape.
Wild beast
Psalm 80:13
The boar out of the wood wastes it, and the wild beast of the field devours it.
Isaiah 5:29
their roaring shall be like a lion: they shall roar like young lions; they shall gnash their teeth and lay hold of the prey and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field, all ye beasts of the forest; come to devour.
Jeremiah 12:9
My heritage is unto me as a speckled bird; the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour her.