caul. enclosure (i.e. the pericardium).
the wild beast shall tear them. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22).
Related Commentaries of Hosea 13:8
Hosea 13:8
8 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.