Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ass (donkey) » Wild
They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst there.
“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;
As bread for their children in the desert.
Or [you have the untamed and reckless nature of] a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,
That sniffs the wind in her passion [for the scent of a mate].
In her mating season who can restrain her?
No males seeking her need to weary themselves;
In her month they will find her [looking for them].
“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],
For the palace has been abandoned, the populated city deserted;
The hill [of the city] and the watchtower have become caves [for wild animals] forever,
A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
“And the wild donkeys stand on the barren heights;
They pant for air like jackals,
Their eyesight fails
Because there is no grass.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey wandering alone and taking her own way;
Ephraim has hired lovers (pagan allies).
wild Donkey » Brays when hungry
Beasts » Unclean » Wild ass
Who has sent out the wild donkey, giving him his freedom? Or who has loosed the bands of the swift donkey [by which his tame brother is bound -- "he, the shy, the swift-footed, and the untamable], Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? He scorns the tumult of the city and hears not the shoutings of the taskmaster. read more.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
Grass » Cattle fed upon
“Though you are glad, though you rejoice,
O you who plunder My heritage,
Though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer in the grass
And neigh like stallions,
Oxen » Lowing of, alluded to
But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”