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I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will tear the covering of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild animal shall tear them.
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A Shocking Picture of Wrath
Commentators agree that the graphic imagery of a bereaved bear and a devouring lion is meant to be shocking. God uses these descriptions of unstoppable, fatal violence to awaken His people from their spiritual complacency. The goal is to make them understand the terrifying reality of facing divine wrath after persistently ignoring His warnings and forgetting His goodness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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 …
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again proclaims God's vengeance against the Israelites. Since they had become torpid through their own flatteries, as we have often obs…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
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