As a bear bereaved of her whelps - The Syrian bear is fiercer than the brown bears to which we are accustomed. It attacks flocks ([Reference…

The same imagery is continued to describe the destructive wrath of the Lord. “The caul of the heart” means here the covering of the heart, not the …

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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The Prophet again proclaims God's vengeance against the Israelites. Since they had become torpid through their own flatteries, as we have often obs…

I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved of her whelps , &c.] Which is a fierce cruel creature at any time, but espe…

As long as Ephraim maintained a holy fear of God and worshipped Him in that fear, he was very significant. When Ephraim abandoned God and followed …