Thematic Bible: Bull or bullock illustrative
Thematic Bible
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (firstling of,) of the glory of joseph
“His majesty is like a firstborn young bull,
And his horns like the horns of the wild ox;
With them he will gore the peoples,
All of them together, to the ends of the earth.
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (fatted,) of greedy mercenaries
“Also her mercenaries in her army
Are like fattened calves,
For they too have turned back and have fled together;
They did not stand [their ground],
Because the day of their disaster has come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (in a net,) of the impatient under judgment
Your sons have fainted;
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.