Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
A pelican
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Job 30:29
I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
Micah 1:8
For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl.
A pelican
Isaiah 34:11
Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction.
Zephaniah 2:14
Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.
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Leviticus 11:16
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
Ezekiel 12:18
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.