“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,

The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.

“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,