Reference: Raven
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An 'unclean' bird (Le 11:15; De 14:14), numbers of which may always be seen gathered, together with the dogs, around the carrion thrown out into the valley of Hinnom (cf. Pr 30:17). Its glossy plumage is referred to in Song 5:11; it often dwells in the wilderness (Isa 34:11), and yet God cares for and watches over it (Job 38:41; Ps 147:8; Lu 12:24). The name '
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Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?
Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!