Thematic Bible: Wild Donkey


Thematic Bible



For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,

I made the wilderness its home,
and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of men and sets anyone He wants over it.


How can you protest: I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. [You are] a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way, a wild donkey at home in the wilderness. She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not become tired; they will find her in her mating season.


He causes the springs to gush into the valleys; they flow between the mountains. They supply water for every wild beast; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.


This man will be like a wild donkey.
His hand will be against everyone,
and everyone’s hand will be against him;
he will live at odds with all his brothers.


Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.


But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!


For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.


For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.


But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!


Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.


Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?


It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.


It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.


Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
or an ox low over its fodder?


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