Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Bible References

General references

Job 39:5

“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],
Job 1:14
and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,
Job 41:5

“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?
Psalm 129:3

“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
Hosea 10:10

When it is my desire [to defend My righteousness], I will chastise them;
And [hostile] peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound and punished for their double guilt [their revolt against the Lord and their worship of idols].
Micah 1:13

Harness the chariot to the team of horses [to escape the invasion],
O inhabitant of Lachish—
She was the beginning of sin
To the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)—
Because in you were found
The rebellious acts of Israel.