Thematic Bible: Bull or bullock illustrative
Thematic Bible
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (firstling of,) of the glory of joseph
He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (fatted,) of greedy mercenaries
And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on them, the time of their punishment.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (in a net,) of the impatient under judgment
Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.