Hosea 13:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 wildb beast shall tear them. ”

Hosea 13:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As a bear bereaved of her whelps - The Syrian bear is fiercer than the brown bears to which we are accustomed. It attacks flocks 1 Samuel 17:34 , and even oxen . The fierceness of the she-bear,...
Hosea 13:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff...
Hosea 13:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

caul . enclosure (i.e. the pericardium). the wild beast shall tear them. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:22 ).
Hosea 13:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

But he afterwards adds, I will rend, or will tear, the inclosure of their heart. They who understand the enclosure of the heart to be their obstinate hardness, seem to refine too much on...
Hosea 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. As a bear - bereaved -...
Hosea 13:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I will meet them as...
Hosea 13:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who ha...
Hosea 13:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 pericardium, but the breast in which the claws of th...
Hosea 13:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I...
Hosea 13:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-con...
Hosea 13:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
Hosea 13:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not presume to interpret those verses as with an eye to mercy only; no doubt they contain under several similitudes, tokens of the Lord's heavy judgments. But to the Ephraims of the Lord, those...
Hosea 13:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved of her whelps ,.... Which is a fierce cruel creature at any time, but especially when this is its case, being very fond of its whelps; and having taken...
Hosea 13:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 8. I mill meet...
Hosea 13:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

According to their pasture , &c. As I was their shepherd, and provided pasture for them, so they were fully fed; they had an abundant plenty of all things. And their heart was exalted The cons...
Hosea 13:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ingratitude of Israel. B. C. 722. 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of...
Hosea 13:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will meet them; I know their haunts, their walks, I will not fail to meet them there. As a bear bereaved of her whelps; robbed of her whelps, newly taken away, which makes her mad with rage; so...
Hosea 13:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Israel are again laid bear. They are guilty of idolatr...
Hosea 13:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:5 . Know ] i.e. cared for them, and loved them as his own ( Psalms 144:3 ; Amos 3:2 ). Hosea 13:6 .] A reproof from cattle growing wanton in abundant pasture;...
Hosea 13:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea was full of complaints against the people of God; for, in his day, they had very sadly wandered from the Lord. They had even forgotten him. In Hosea's prophecy, we have the plaintive voice of a...
Hosea 13:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that w...
Hosea 13:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Wilderness-knowledge God knows His people where nobody else will take any notice of them. You do not know a man until you know h...
Hosea 13:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had b...
Hosea 13:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Benefits Scorned by Israel
Hosea 13:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:8 ; Amos 9:1-3 ; Isaiah 5:29 ; Isaiah 56:9 ; Jeremiah 12:9 ; Proverbs 17:12 ; Psalms 80:13
Hosea 13:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rent — First kill, then tear in pieces, and pull out the very heart.

Hosea 13:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 13:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 13:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 13:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 13:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 13:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 13:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 13:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 13:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 13:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 13:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes