...the mouth of Hosea: "Therefore I will be unto them as a lion ; as a leopard by the way will I observe them. 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...

...his indignation described : " I will be unto them as a lion, as a leopard by the way will I observe them. I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and I will rend the caul of their heart." A little afterwards the scene suddenly changes, and divine favour is...

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...the rebellious, " Therefore I will be unto them as a lion : as a leopard by the way will I observe them : 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 shah'...

...exalted, therefore have they forgotten me. Therefore I will be unto them as a leopard by the way ; I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their hearts. Hosea xiii. 6. etc. Most terrible is commonly the re-action, when,...

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...a terrible threatening against the aggravated sins of the Jews, as uttered by Hosea xiii. 8. — " I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of her heart." This awful denunciation was put into execution when their land was...

...as a lion in secret places " (Lament. iii. 10). God met backsliding Ephraim with the threatening, " I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and T] 262 BIBLICAL NATURAL SCIENCE. there will I devour them like...

...a wicked ruler over the poor people." (Prov. xxviii. 15.) God says in His judgments on sinners, — "I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps," etc. (Hosea xiii. 8.) Thus you see how often this animal's fierceness is spoken of. All of you, I doubt...

...cannot look up." He is convinced that he deserves rejection. God often seems to fulfil the threatening: "I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps." Hos. 13 : 8. Instead of comforting, he speaks words of terror. The afflicted soul says, "Oh that I...