"For," said Hushai, "you know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty men, and they [are] enraged in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father [is] a man of war, and will not camp with the people.

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said: "Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake, And break them on the heads of them all. I will slay the last of them with the sword. He who flees from them shall not get away, And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel, From there I will search and take them; Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea, From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

The boar out of the woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours it.

Their roaring [will be] like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar And lay hold of the prey; They will carry [it] away safely, And no one will deliver.

All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest.

My heritage [is] to Me [like] a speckled vulture; The vultures all around [are] against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!