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.

Bible References

As a

2 Samuel 17:8
For, Hushai said, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not stay the night with the people.
Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing by the altar. And He said, Strike the capital of the door, so that the thresholds shall shake; and break them on the head of all of them. And I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them fleeing will flee, and not a fugitive of them will escape.

Wild beast

Psalm 80:13
The boar out of the wood wastes it, and the wild beast of the field eats it.
Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring shall be like a lion; they shall roar like young lions; for, they shall roar and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah 56:9
All beasts of the field, come to devour, all beasts in the forest.
Jeremiah 12:9
My inheritance is like a speckled bird to Me; the birds all around are against her. Go, gather all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.