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Hounds of heaven

Posted: January 1st, 2015, 12:36 pm
by Susie Hamilton
Recently while talking with my Mother she used the term hounds of heaven. She said that was an old term. I did a search in the Bible and could not find the term. It referenced to the dogs eating Jezebel. Has anyone else ever heard of this term? Thanks.

Posted: January 1st, 2015, 4:00 pm
by dolfan
I have heard it in the sense of being "hounded" as in being wooed by God to repent, etc.

Some preachers of long ago used it.

Posted: January 2nd, 2015, 4:41 am
by Martha
I remember a book titled "Hound of Heaven" by Francis Thompson. I found it on Amazon for sale. It's apparently a very popular book because there's several spin off books listed also. Maybe that's where the expression came from.